convictism
English
Etymology
convict + -ism
Noun
convictism (uncountable)
- The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
- W. Howitt
- the evils of convictism
- W. Howitt
Synonyms
- transportation
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for convictism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)