| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| 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 | |