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convict

con·vict
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    • UK Pronunciation
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    • [verb, adjective kuh n-vikt; noun kon-vikt]
    • /verb, adjective kənˈvɪkt; noun ˈkɒn vɪkt/
    • /kənˈvɪkt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb, adjective kuh n-vikt; noun kon-vikt]
    • /verb, adjective kənˈvɪkt; noun ˈkɒn vɪkt/

Definitions of convict word

  • verb convict If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court. 3
  • countable noun convict A convict is someone who is in prison. 3
  • verb convict to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence 3
  • noun convict a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment 3
  • noun convict a person serving a prison sentence 3
  • abbreviation CONVICT convicted 3

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Origin of convict

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
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)

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Parts of speech for Convict

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

convict popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

convict usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for convict

verb convict

  • imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
  • sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
  • frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  • adjudge — If someone is adjudged to be something, they are judged or considered to be that thing.

noun convict

  • criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
  • offender — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
  • prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
  • villain — a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
  • felon — an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow.

Antonyms for convict

verb convict

  • release — to lease again.
  • liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.

noun convict

  • victim — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.

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