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Definition of double convict in English: double convictnoun Australian historical A convict who commits a further offence after transportation. the life-sentenced double convicts are usually sent to Norfolk Island Example sentencesExamples - It remained strictly a double convict station; no communication was allowed, except through the Government, until 1841.
- We put to sea again about the middle of April for Sydney with ten double convicts on board.
- These principles of law and usage are equally applicable to the tirade and whining complaints of this double convict, whose unlucky star has subjected him to two trials.
- As to degradation, that is part of a double-convict's existence.
- The Phoenix was condemned at Port Jackson as unseaworthy, purchased by Government, and made a receiving ship for double convicts.
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