convict

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Pronunciation

• Verb
  • enPR: kənvĭktʹ, IPA: /kənˈvɪkt/
• Noun
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnvɪkt/
  • (GA) enPR: kŏnʹvĭkt; IPA: /ˈkɑnvɪkt/

Verb

convict (convicts, present participle convicting; 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

• French: reconnaître coupable
• German: für schuldig befinden
• Italian: condannare
• Portuguese: condenar
• Russian: осужда́ть
• Spanish: condenar

Noun

convict (plural convicts)

1. (legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
2. A person deported to a penal colony.
3. The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
4. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), 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

Translations

• French: criminel
• German: Sträfling
• Italian: condannato, carcerato
• Portuguese: condenado
• Russian: осуждённый

Translations

• French: bagnard
• Italian: deportato
• Russian: осуждённый

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