I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a court convicts sb (= says that they are guilty )
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A New York court convicted her as a tax cheat.
be convicted of conspiracy (= be found guilty of it in a court )
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He was convicted of conspiracy to carry out terrorist acts.
be convicted of/on a charge (= be judged to be guilty )
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McCorley was convicted on a charge of assault.
convict sb of an offence (= say officially that they are guilty )
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The number of women convicted of serious offences is fairly small.
convicted criminal (= someone who has been found guilty of a crime )
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a convicted criminal
convicted felons (= criminals who are sent to prison )
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By law, convicted felons may not own or use guns.
the jury convicts sb (= says that someone is guilty )
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The jury convicted him of two fraud charges.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
wrongly
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Relatives of the men say they were wrongly convicted , as they had acted in self defence.
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Yesterday an appeal court found Nick was wrongly convicted .
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Read in studio A police investigation has been launched into claims that two men were wrongly convicted of murder.
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If the defendant states he was wrongly convicted , he puts that fact in issue in the civil proceedings.
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Colin Oliver never stopped following his favourite team despite being jailed after he was wrongly convicted of manslaughter.
■ NOUN
assault
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MacPherson, of Elmstone Gardens, Hemlington, was convicted of assault with intent to rob.
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He was arrested and convicted of the assaults .
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The police arrested the offender who was tried and convicted of assault .
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If he had been convicted under the assault charge he would not have been eligible for early release.
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She was convicted of assault and cleared on appeal but was prevented from returning to work.
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Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault .
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Paul Mormando and Anthony Miccio were convicted on misdemeanor assault and discrimination charges.
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Nineteen-year-old Joseph Powell was convicted of assault and sentenced to three to nine years in prison.
charge
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Mr Braswell was convicted in 1983 of charges relating to his vitamin and health supplement business.
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If convicted of all charges , both men face 25 years to life in prison.
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The judge said that there was insufficient evidence to convict König on the charge of participating in the murders of 1,076 others.
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The brothers hope that if verdicts are reached, they will be convicted of lesser manslaughter charges .
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Two White House officials were convicted of serious charges and a third got off on a technicality.
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If he had been convicted under the assault charge he would not have been eligible for early release.
conspiracy
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He was also convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and interfering with witnesses.
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He said he questioned whether there was enough evidence to convict his client on conspiracy to commit murder.
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Mr Gray was convicted last year of conspiracy to supply heroin and ecstasy.
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Three have been convicted on fraud or conspiracy charges, including the McDougals and former Arkansas Gov.
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If convicted of conspiracy , Odeh and Wadih El-Hage, 40, could get life terms.
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Nichols could be sentenced to death if convicted of murder, conspiracy and weapons counts.
corruption
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Despite government promises of firm action, no official had to date been convicted of corruption .
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Three Customs officers there have been convicted of drug-related corruption since 1994.
count
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His wife, Jane, who had been convicted on two counts of extortion and conspiracy, was sentenced to three months.
court
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How much more proof does a court needs to convict some one?
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That was another thing; if it was Jane Postlethwaite's word against Zoser's, the court would almost certainly convict .
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The courts often let those convicted of drunk driving serve their time on weekends.
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Under such circumstances, Dalzell believed Kenneff had an unambiguous ethical obligation to take remedial action with the court that convicted Lambert.
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The court hearing which convicted both men was told by ex-Swindon manager Lou Macari irregular payments were part of soccer routine.
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But a religious court convicted him of using insulting language and ordered the flogging.
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Despite his apology, a religious court convicted him of using insulting language.
crime
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Table 3.1 below shows the ratio of females to males convicted for certain crimes and makes clear the male domination of criminality.
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Years after the bombing, a former Klansman was convicted of the crime .
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The nightmare of being wrongly accused and convicted of a crime certainly sends shivers down my spine.
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Naturalization Service improperly permitted naturalization of immigrants convicted of serious crimes .
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The state executes drug smugglers, murderers, rapists and those convicted of other violent crimes .
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All but one had been convicted for violent crimes .
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Eight or nine men are convicted of crimes for every single female.
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He was convicted of 23 crimes and paroled in 1994.
criminal
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Fred Goldman has become public affairs director for a Washington-based organization called Safe Streets, which seeks tougher punishment for convicted criminals .
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Florida paroles first-time convicted criminals into the care of the Salvation Army-25, 000 of them at any one time.
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The Supreme Court ruled in 1990 that convicted criminals can avoid making restitution by declaring bankruptcy.
defendant
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The possibility that Clinton might grant pardons for convicted Whitewater defendants is a non-issue.
drug
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Most of those arrested were reported to have been previously convicted of drug and arms trafficking and violent crimes.
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If convicted , the alleged drug lord could face several life sentences.
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Among the scores of witnesses called to testify was convicted drug smuggler George Morales.
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But in 1998 those prisons held 236,800 people convicted on drug charges-57 percent more than had been there in 1990.
felony
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The law calls for sentences of 25 years to life for defendants convicted of three felonies .
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More sitting senators have been indicted and convicted of felonies than have been elected president.
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Immigrants will be deported immediately if they have ever been convicted of any felony .
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None of the six defendants were convicted of the original felony charges against them.
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Bokin, 54, was first convicted of a felony when he was a 21-year-old engineering student.
fraud
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And there is no restriction on candidates, although telemarketing companies say they try to avoid using people convicted for fraud .
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McDougal was convicted of Whitewater-related fraud charges last year, along with his former wife and the governor of Arkansas.
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Jim Guy Tucker, were convicted on related fraud charges last May.
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That one got him convicted of stock fraud and sent to Leavenworth penitentiary for seven years.
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Three have been convicted on fraud or conspiracy charges, including the McDougals and former Arkansas Gov.
jury
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After a trial lasting seven days and presided over by Judge Rucker, the jury convicted the appellant of the four counts.
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No jury will convict either Clinton unless the case Starr erects is so tight that no speck of doubt can penetrate it.
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Sir Joh, however, challenging the prosecution to mount a retrial, insisted that no Queensland jury would ever convict him.
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In San Jose, a jury convicted Anthony Garcia of shoplifting several pairs of pants from a department store.
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A jury in Sacramento convicted Vernon Watts of cocaine possession with intent to distribute but acquitted him of a firearms charge.
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A South Carolina jury refused to convict the patrolmen.
man
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This shows inhumanity because it is despicable to convict a man of a crime of which you know he is innocent.
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Pinochet called the convicted man a patriot.
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Civilised society generally only convicts where a man is guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
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There are also widespread fears that the convicted men will serve only a few months of their sentences.
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The court hearing which convicted both men was told by ex-Swindon manager Lou Macari irregular payments were part of soccer routine.
manslaughter
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Only three, who were convicted of manslaughter , were given jail terms-of two to three years.
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The brothers hope that if verdicts are reached, they will be convicted of lesser manslaughter charges.
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Colin Oliver never stopped following his favourite team despite being jailed after he was wrongly convicted of manslaughter .
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If convicted of manslaughter , he could be subject to up to three years in prison.
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Lane has been convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter and is in custody awaiting sentencing next month.
murder
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In 1985, four soldiers had been convicted of the murder .
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Instead of being convicted of first-degree murder , Mitchell got six years for voluntary manslaughter.
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Four people were convicted of these murders in 1983 and executed.
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Broadus and Lee face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges.
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If the jury believes that, should he be convicted of murder ?
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If convicted of murder and one additional charge, Davis could be sentenced to death.
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The two men were convicted of murder .
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Martinez was convicted of ordering the murder of rival gang member Richard Serrano at a Montebello auto body shop in November 1998.
murderer
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The immorality of capital punishment does not lie in the sympathy level of a particular convicted murderer .
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It is time to indict, try and convict the murderers of Feb. 24.
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Sometimes, regrettably, though the idea may make us cringe, that voice may be that of a convicted murderer .
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That certainly is the case in Harris County, which sentences more convicted murderers to death than any other county.
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Another pro bono endeavor involves representing a convicted murderer from Indiana.
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President Truman ordered Clark to take every action to apprehend and convict the murderers .
offence
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That is, they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit.
offences
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It was later revealed that Mr Argles had employed a boy who had been convicted of offences against young children.
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James Forster, 68, of Manfield, near Darlington, was convicted of seven offences at Teesside crown court.
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The boy was convicted of 71 offences , including 40 charges of burglary, after absconding from a children's home.
offender
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That would put a lighter burden on the prosecution, and improve the chances of convicting an offender .
possession
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Anyone convicted of possession , supplying or producing drugs illegally could be imprisoned.
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Rubio, now 57, was convicted in 1972 of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
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Police said Bokin has also been repeatedly convicted of theft, possession of stolen property and writing bad checks.
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She was convicted in 1995 of possession for sale of methamphetamine and possession of a shotgun.
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Thirty years later, he was convicted for possession of cocaine, and he served 25 months in prison.
rape
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Tomkinson, of Bishopston, Bristol, was unanimously convicted of both rapes .
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Boxing champion Mike Tyson was, of course, convicted in the 1992 rape of a beauty pageant contestant.
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Only one man has been convicted of rape , and he has been sentenced to four years in jail.
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Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992 and sentenced to six years' imprisonment.
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On his admission to a policeman in civilian life no doubt that person would be convicted of rape .
sentence
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North and Poindexter, both convicted , received light sentences .
treason
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William Joyce had been convicted of treason on the grand scale.
trial
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Paton had denied causing Mr Cochrane's death by driving recklessly and speeding, but was convicted after trial .
■ VERB
accuse
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The nightmare of being wrongly accused and convicted of a crime certainly sends shivers down my spine.
arrest
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A teacher simply trying to control an unruly child gets arrested and convicted .
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He was arrested and convicted of the assaults.
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Davis was arrested weeks later and convicted of second-degree assault.
try
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The police arrested the offender who was tried and convicted of assault.
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Under the indictment, Noriega was transported to the United States, tried , convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
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It is time to indict, try and convict the murderers of Feb. 24.
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The two were tried as adults, convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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If tried and convicted , Broadus could be sentenced to up to three years in prison.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was never convicted of anything in this country.
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In due course, she was charged with and convicted of obstruction of a police constable in the execution of his duty.
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Instead of being convicted of first-degree murder, Mitchell got six years for voluntary manslaughter.
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Naturalization Service improperly permitted naturalization of immigrants convicted of serious crimes.
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The couple were convicted in December.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
escaped
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They say perhaps it was an escaped convict who got into the house while Joe was out.
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We went on to the marshes with the soldiers and found the escaped convicts fighting each other.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fifty-two convicts began a hunger strike on November 30th.
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Sakhalin was an island where convicts were sent, 700 miles form Khabarovsk.
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There was a report on the news about an escaped convict .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Fujimori has ruled out releasing convicts.
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Howard plays a convict conscripted with others to help battle a flood along the banks of the Mississippi in 1927.
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She walked through, feeling like a condemned convict .
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State law bars convicts from holding offices invested with executive or legislative authority.
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These were State enterprises, engineered by the military, and using convict and forced labour.
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We were a bunch of convicts, we were.