convict

From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Doublet of convince. Displaced native Old English forwyrċan (“to convict, condemn”).

• Verb
  • enPR: kənvĭktʹ, IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪkt/

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  • Rhymes: -ɪkt
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnvɪkt/
  • (General American) enPR: kŏnʹvĭkt; IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnvɪkt/

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• Hyphenation: con‧vict

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

1. (transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

   Synonyms: sentence, (informal) disapprove

   His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.

   • 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:

     And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.

2. (chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

   Synonym: convince

• conviction

convict (plural convicts)

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

   Synonyms: assigned servant, con, government man, (historical) public servant

2. A person deported to a penal colony.

   Synonym: penal colonist

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.

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