[v., adj. kuh
n-vikt; n. kon-vikt] 
| 1. | to prove or declare guilty of an offense, esp. after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony. |
| 2. | to impress with a sense of guilt. |
| 3. | a person proved or declared guilty of an offense. |
| 4. | a person serving a prison sentence. |
| 5. | Archaic. convicted. |
| con·vict (kən-vĭkt') v. con·vict·ed, con·vict·ing, con·victs v. tr.
To return a verdict of guilty in a court: "We need jurors . . . who will not convict merely because they are suspicious" (Scott Turow). n. Law (kŏn'vĭkt')
Found guilty; convicted. [Middle English convicten, from Latin convincere, convict-; see convince.] |
