reconvict
/riːkənˈvɪkt
/verb [with object]
Convict (someone) of a further criminal offence: many prisoners are reconvicted within two years of release...
- An individual re-assessment of these cases would undoubtedly reconvict the majority.
- When his conviction was found flawed, the State retried and reconvicted him in another flawed proceeding.
- It was only because the army, as a dual sovereign was able to retry him after an acquittal that he was reconvicted.
