The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CONVICT
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More clues leading to the result CONVICT
- One given time to study volume caught opening it
- Inmate hostile to old Queen? Not half
- Criminal trick has six coming to court
- Sentence in chapter applied to winner, or not?
- Caught, then appearing versus court, one gets put inside
- Guilty person‘s argument against opposing one court
- He has time to finish
- One who could have plenty of time and might become 5
- Sentence in Arabic on victory
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The straight part
We know that "Sentence" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sentence = convict.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONVICT mean?
CONVICT noun- A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
- A person deported to a penal colony.
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
- To find guilty
- (esp. religious) to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)