unconˈvicted, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
| 1675 Otway Alcibiades iv. iii, The basest wretch not unconvicted dies. 1760 Sterne Tr. Shandy iv. Slawkenb.'s Tale, Am I to be the sport of Fortune and Slander—destined to be driven forth unconvicted—unheard—untouched? 1828 P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 135, I see no reason whatever for excluding a man who has been once convicted, from any office the unconvicted now enjoy here. 1858 Merivale Rom. Emp. lii. (1865) VI. 286 He did not venture to command his execution, unarraigned and unconvicted. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 20 To personate the dead but unconvicted criminal. |