convict

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convinco (“to convict”)

Pronunciation

Verb

• AHD: kən'vĭkt, IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪkt/

• Audio (US), verb:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnvɪkt/
• AHD: kŏn'vĭkt; IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnvɪkt/

• Audio (US), noun:

  (file)

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, of a crime, of charges, on charges of something
   2. informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act
2. (esp. religious) to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)

Synonyms

• (legal crime) sentence
• (informal) disapprove

Related terms

• conviction

Translations

to find guilty

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: асуджа́ць impf (asudžácʹ), асудзі́ць pf (asudzícʹ)
• Bulgarian: осъжда́м (bg) impf (osǎždám), признава́м за вино́вен impf (priznavám za vinóven)
• Catalan: condemnar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 判罪 (zh) (pànzuì), 定罪 (zh) (dìngzuì)

• Czech: odsoudit, usvědčit (cs)
• Dutch: veroordelen (nl), vonnissen (nl)
• Esperanto: kondamni
• Finnish: todeta syylliseksi, tuomita (fi)
• French: reconnaître coupable
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: für schuldig befinden (de)
• Greek: καταδικάζω (el) (katadikázo)

  Ancient: ἐξελέγχω (exelénkhō)

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• Hebrew: הרשיע (hirshía)
• Irish: daor
• Italian: condannare (it)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: damnō
• Lithuanian: nuteisti, pripažinti kaltu
• Maori: whakahara
• Polish: skazywać (pl) impf, skazać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: condenar (pt)
• Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ), признава́ть вино́вным impf (priznavátʹ vinóvnym), призна́ть вино́вным pf (priznátʹ vinóvnym)
• Spanish: condenar (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: mahkum etmek, hüküm giydirmek
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: פֿאַרמשפּטן (farmshptn)

to find guilty informally, notably morally

• Dutch: veroordelen (nl)
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• Finnish: paheksua (fi)
• Greek: καταδικάζω (el) (katadikázo)

to convince (someone of a belief)

• Japanese: 思(おも)わせる (omowaseru) (思(おも)わせる (omowaseru)), 思(おも)わす (omowasu) (思(おも)わす (omowasu)), 信念(しんねん)させる (shinnen saseru) (信念(しんねん)させる (shinnen saseru))
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Noun

convict (plural convicts)

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
2. A person deported to a penal colony.
3. The convict cichlid (), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
4. A common name for the sheepshead (), owing to its black and gray 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: سَجِين m (sajīn), مُدَان m (mudān)
• Armenian: դատապարտյալ (hy) (datapartyal)
• Bulgarian: осъден (bg) m (osǎden)
• Burmese: ထောင်သား (my) (htaungsa:)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: odsouzený (cs) m
• Dutch: veroordeelde (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tuomittu (fi), vanki (fi), rangaistusvanki
• French: criminel (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Sträfling (de) m
• Greek: κατάδικος (el) m or f (katádikos)
• Indonesian: terpidana (id)
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• Italian: condannato (it) m, carcerato (it) m
• Japanese: 受刑者 (じゅけいしゃ, jūkeisha), 犯罪者 (はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha), 囚人 (ja) (しゅうじん, shūjin)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: (kaltu) nuteistasis m, nuteistoji f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: straffange m

  Nynorsk: straffange m

• Polish: skazaniec (pl) m
• Portuguese: condenado (pt) m
• Russian: осуждённый (ru) m (osuždjónnyj)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: mahkum (tr), hükümlü (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

person deported to a penal colony

• Bulgarian: каторжник (bg) m (katoržnik)
• Czech: odsouzený (cs) m, mukl (cs) (slang)
• Dutch: strafkolonist m
• Finnish: vanki (fi)
• French: bagnard (fr) m
• Greek: εξόριστος (el) m (exóristos), κατάδικος (el) m or f (katádikos)
• Italian: deportato (it)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: straffange m

  Nynorsk: straffange m

• Russian: осуждённый (ru) m (osuždjónnyj), заключённый (ru) (zaključónnyj), з/к (z/k) (abbreviation), зэк (ru) (zɛk) (slang), ка́торжник (ru) m (kátoržnik), колодник (ru) m (kolodnik)