convict

[ verb, adjective kuh n-vikt; noun kon-vikt ]

/ verb, adjective kənˈvɪkt; noun ˈkɒn vɪkt /

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verb (used with object)

to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.

to impress with a sense of guilt.

noun

a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.

a person serving a prison sentence.

adjective

Archaic. convicted.

Origin of convict

1350–1400; (v.) Middle English convicten < Latin convictus past participle of convincere, equivalent to con- con- + vic- variant stem of vincere to overcome + -tus past participle suffix (see convince); (noun, adj.) Middle English convict, past participle of convicten (or directly < L)

OTHER WORDS FROM convict

con·vict·a·ble, con·vict·i·ble, adjective con·vic·tive, adjective con·vic·tive·ly, adverb half-con·vict·ed, adjective

pre·con·vict, verb (used with object) re·con·vict, verb (used with object) self-con·vict·ed, adjective un·con·vict·ed, adjective un·con·vict·ing, adjective un·con·vic·tive, adjective

Words nearby convict

conveyancer, conveyancing, conveyor, conveyor belt, conveyorize, convict, convictfish, conviction, convictive, convince, convincing

Example sentences from the Web for convicted

At 1:42 a.m., a commenter bluntly asked: “Jeff, Is it true you are a convicted sex offender?”

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To most of the world, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and a financial grifter.

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Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

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He is being held in pretrial detention in Baku and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 |Movements.Org |December 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

I was convicted a year later and sentenced to death—a charge later overturned by the Supreme Court when it called for a retrial.

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For this fact, soon after it was done, Wigley was apprehended, and convicted at the ensuing sessions.

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At the age of 16 he was charged with the offence of vagrancy, convicted and discharged.

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A secretary may quarrel with the President, or he may have the gout, or be convicted of peculation.

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This smooth one was afterward arrested in New Orleans, convicted and sent to prison for a term.

Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World |Clifton R. Wooldridge
The proudest philosopher, speculating on the origin of the universe, is convicted of ignorance.

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British Dictionary definitions for convicted

convict

verb (kənˈvɪkt) (tr)

to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence

noun (ˈkɒnvɪkt)

a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment

a person serving a prison sentence

adjective (kənˈvɪkt)

obsolete convicted

Derived forms of convict

convictable or convictible, adjective

Word Origin for convict

C14: from Latin convictus convicted of crime, from convincere to prove guilty, convince

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verb (kənˈvɪkt) (tr)

noun (ˈkɒnvɪkt)

adjective (kənˈvɪkt)

Derived forms of convict

Word Origin for convict

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convict

verb (used with object)

noun

adjective

Origin of convict

OTHER WORDS FROM convict

Words nearby convict

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verb (kənˈvɪkt) (tr)

noun (ˈkɒnvɪkt)

adjective (kənˈvɪkt)

Derived forms of convict

Word Origin for convict

British Dictionary definitions for convicted