English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- Verb
- enPR: kənvĭktʹ, IPA(key): /kənˈvɪkt/
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- Rhymes: -ɪkt
- Noun
- Hyphenation: con‧vict
Verb
convict (third-person singular simple present convicts, present participle convicting, simple past and past participle convicted)
- (transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
- Synonyms: sentence, (informal) disapprove
He was a convicted felon.
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.
- (chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
- Synonym: convince
Derived terms
Translations
to find guilty
- Arabic: أَدَانَ (ʔadāna)
- Armenian: դատապարտել (hy) (datapartel)
- Azerbaijani: məhkum etmək
- Belarusian: асуджа́ць impf (asudžácʹ), асудзі́ць pf (asudzícʹ)
- Bulgarian: осъ́ждам (bg) impf (osǎ́ždam), осъ́дя pf (osǎ́dja), признава́м за вино́вен impf (priznavám za vinóven)
- Catalan: condemnar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 判罪 (zh) (pànzuì), 定罪 (zh) (dìngzuì)
- Czech: odsuzovat (cs) impf, odsoudit (cs) pf, usvědčovat impf, usvědčit (cs) pf
- Dutch: veroordelen (nl), vonnissen (nl)
- Esperanto: kondamni
- Finnish: todeta syylliseksi (legally), paheksua (fi) (morally)
- French: condamner (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: verurteilen (de)
- Greek: καταδικάζω (el) (katadikázo)
- Ancient: ἐξελέγχω (exelénkhō)
- Hebrew: הִרְשִׁיעַ (he) (hirshía)
- Hungarian: elítél (hu)
- Indonesian: menyatakan bersalah
- Irish: daor, ciontaigh
- Italian: condannare (it)
- Khmer: ទណ្ឌិត (tŭəndɨt)
- Latin: damnō
- Lithuanian: nuteisti, pripažinti kaltu
- Macedonian: осудува impf (osuduva), осуди pf (osudi)
- Maori: whakahara
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: судитлаш (suditlaš)
- Old English: forwyrċan
- Persian: محکوم کردن (fa) (mahkum kardan)
- Polish: skazywać (pl) impf, skazać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: condenar (pt)
- Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ), признава́ть вино́вным impf (priznavátʹ vinóvnym), призна́ть вино́вным pf (priznátʹ vinóvnym), пригова́ривать (ru) impf (prigovárivatʹ), приговори́ть (ru) pf (prigovorítʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пресуђи́вати impf, пресу́дити pf, осуђи́вати impf, осу́дити pf
- Roman: presuđívati impf, presúditi (sh) pf, osuđívati (sh) impf, osúditi (sh) pf
- Slovak: odsudzovať impf, odsúdiť pf, usvedčovať impf, usvedčiť pf
- Slovene: obsoditi pf
- Spanish: condenar (es), sentenciar (es), culpabilizar (es)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: mahkum etmek (tr), hüküm giydirmek
- Ukrainian: засу́джувати impf (zasúdžuvaty), засуди́ти pf (zasudýty), прису́джувати impf (prysúdžuvaty), присуди́ти pf (prysudýty)
- Vietnamese: kết án (vi)
- Yiddish: פֿאַרמשפּטן (farmshptn)
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to convince (someone of a belief)
Noun
convict (plural convicts)
- (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
- Synonyms: assigned servant, con, government man, (historical) public servant
- A person deported to a penal colony.
- Synonym: penal colonist
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
Derived terms
Translations
person convicted of a crime
- Arabic: سَجِين m (sajīn), مُدَان m (mudān)
- Armenian: դատապարտյալ (hy) (datapartyal)
- Azerbaijani: məhkum (az)
- Belarusian: засу́джаны m (zasúdžany), асу́джаны m (asúdžany)
- Bulgarian: осъ́ден (bg) m (osǎ́den)
- Burmese: ထောင်သား (my) (htaungsa:)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 囚犯 (zh) (qiúfàn), 已決犯 / 已决犯 (zh) (yǐjuéfàn)
- Czech: odsouzený (cs) m
- Dutch: veroordeelde (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: tuomittu (fi), vanki (fi), rangaistusvanki
- French: criminel (fr) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Sträfling (de) m
- Greek: κατάδικος (el) m or f (katádikos)
- Hungarian: elítélt (hu)
- Indonesian: terpidana (id), narapidana (id)
- Italian: condannato (it) m, carcerato (it) m
- Japanese: 受刑者 (ja) (じゅけいしゃ, jūkeisha), 犯罪者 (ja) (はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha), 囚人 (ja) (しゅうじん, shūjin)
- Khmer: ទណ្ឌិត (tŭəndɨt)
- Korean: 기결수(旣決囚) (ko) (gigyeolsu), 재소자(在所者) (ko) (jaesoja), 죄수(罪囚) (ko) (joesu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: mehkûm (ku), hikimxwarî
- Lithuanian: (kaltu) nuteistasis m, nuteistoji f
- Macedonian: осуденик m (osudenik)
- Malay: banduan (ms)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: straffange m
- Nynorsk: straffange m
- Persian: مجرم (fa) (mojrem), گناهکار (fa) (gonâhkâr)
- Plautdietsch: Vebräakja m
- Polish: skazaniec (pl) m
- Portuguese: condenado (pt) m
- Russian: осуждённый (ru) m (osuždjónnyj)
- Slovak: odsúdený m, odsúdenec m
- Spanish: convicto m
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: mahkûm (tr), hükümlü (tr)
- Ukrainian: засу́джений m (zasúdženyj), осу́джений m (osúdženyj)
- Vietnamese: bị cáo (vi)
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person deported to a penal colony
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Konvikt.
Noun
convict n (plural convicte)
- (Bukovina) boarding school
- Synonym: internat
Declension
Declension of convict
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plural
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indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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convict
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convictul
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convicte
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convictele
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convict
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convictului
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convicte
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convictelor
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convictule
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convictelor
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References
- convict in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN