convict

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

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

• Audio (US), verb

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• Rhymes: -ɪkt

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), признавам за виновен (bg) Czech: odsoudit (cs), usvědčit (cs) Dutch: veroordelen (nl), vonnissen Finnish: tuomita (fi) French: reconnaître coupable Greek: κατάδικος (el) m. and f.

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)

Pronunciation 2

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

• Audio (US), noun

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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) 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) 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.