convict

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincere 'convict'

Pronunciation

Verb

• AHD: kən'vĭkt, IPA: /kənˈvɪkt/, X-SAMPA: /"k@nvIkt/

• Audio (US), verb

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• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnvɪkt/, X-SAMPA: /"kQnvIkt/
• (US) AHD: kŏn'vĭkt; IPA: /ˈkɑnvɪkt/, X-SAMPA: /"kAnvIkt/

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Verb

convict (third-person singular simple present convicts, present participle convicting, simple past and past participle convicted)

1. (transitive) To find guilty
   1. as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime
   2. informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act.

Synonyms

• (legal crime) sentence
• (informal) disapprove

Related terms

• conviction

Translations

to find guilty

• Bulgarian: осъждам (bg) (osǎždam), признавам за виновен (bg) (priznavam za vinoven)
• Czech: odsoudit (cs), usvědčit (cs)
• Dutch: veroordelen (nl), vonnissen
• Finnish: tuomita (fi)
• French: reconnaître coupable
• German: verurteilen (de)
• Greek: κατάδικος (el) (katádikos) m and f

  Ancient: ἐξελέγχω

• Hebrew: הרשיע (he) (hirshía)
• Italian: condannare (it)
• Lithuanian: nuteisti (lt), pripažinti kaltu (lt)
• Polish: skazywać impf., skazać pf.
• Portuguese: condenar (pt)
• Russian: осуждать (osuždát') impf., осудить (osudít') pf.

to find guilty informally, notably morally

• Dutch: veroordelen (nl)

Noun

Wikipedia convict (plural convicts)

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
2. A person deported to a penal colony.
3. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

Synonyms

• (person convicted of crime): assigned servant, con, government man, public servant
• (person deported to a penal colony): penal colonist

Derived terms

• con (synonym)

Translations

person convicted of a crime

• Arabic: سجين (ar) (sajiin) m, مدان (ar) (mudaan) m
• Bulgarian: осъден (bg) (osǎden) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 囚犯 (cmn) (qiúfàn), 已決犯 (cmn), 已决犯 (cmn) (yǐjuéfàn)

• Czech: odsouzený (cs) m
• Dutch: veroordeelde (nl) m
• Finnish: tuomittu, vanki, rangaistusvanki
• German: Sträfling (de) m

• Italian: condannato (it) m, carcerato (it) m
• Japanese: 受刑者 (ja) (じゅけいしゃ, jūkeisha), 犯罪者 (ja) (はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha), 囚人 (ja) (しゅうじん, shūjin)
• Lithuanian: (kaltu) nuteistasis (lt) m, nuteistoji (lt) f
• Polish: skazaniec m
• Portuguese: condenado (pt) m
• Russian: осуждённый (ru) (osuždjónnyj) m

person deported to a penal colony

• Bulgarian: каторжник (bg) (katoržnik) m
• Dutch: strafkolonist m
• Finnish: vanki (fi)

• Italian: deportato (it)
• Russian: осуждённый (ru) (osuždjónnyj) m, заключённый (ru) (zaključónnyj), з/к (ru) (z/k) (abbreviation), зэк (ru) (zek) (slang), каторжник (ru) (kátoržnik) m

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• French: bagnard m, condamné m