convict
Use Convict in a sentence
vɪkt verb (used with object)
1.
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
2.
to impress with a sense of guilt.
noun
3.
a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
4.
a person serving a prison sentence.
adjective
5.
Archaic. convicted.
Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English convicten < Latin convictus past participle of convincere, equivalent to con- con- + vic- variant stem of vincere to overcome + -tus past participle suffix (see convince); (noun, adj.) Middle English convict, past participle of convicten (or directly < L)
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English convicten < Latin convictus past participle of convincere, equivalent to con- con- + vic- variant stem of vincere to overcome + -tus past participle suffix (see convince); (noun, adj.) Middle English convict, past participle of convicten (or directly < L)
Related forms
con·vict·a·ble, con·vict·i·ble, adjective
con·vic·tive, adjective
con·vic·tive·ly, adverb
half-con·vict·ed, adjective
pre·con·vict, verb (used with object)
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| convict | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment |
| 3. | a person serving a prison sentence |
| —adj | |
| 4. | obsolete convicted |
| [C14: from Latin convictus convicted of crime, from convincere to prove guilty, | |
| con'victable | |
| —adj | |
| con'victible | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
convict
mid-14c., from L. convictus, pp. of convincere (see convince). Replaced O.E. verb oferstælan. The noun is first attested late 15c., from the verb; slang shortening con is from 1893. Related: Convicted (p. adj., 1610s).
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Example sentences
Not hiring anybody but using cheap convict labor will go a long way toward balancing the books.
If the main perpetrators are to be caught, and the evidence found to convict them, the two should co-operate.
Nailing the truth about the elusive convict fish proves tougher than expected.
She could have easily went to the authorities at any time and wore a recording wire to convict her drug dealer.
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