A convict's "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con". After a conviction, convicts often become prisoners. Persons convicted and sentenced to non-custodial sentences often aren't termed "convicts". Ex-convict (or short: ex-con)'s a common way of referring to a person who's been released from prison. Historical usage A particular use of the term in the English-speaking world's to refer… (More on Convict)