convict

C1 Topic:Crime & Justice

Also spelled conwict

US /kənˈvɪkt/ UK /ˈkɒnvɪkt/ See IPA manual

verb noun Freq #7487

Meanings

1

verb
To officially decide in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime.

He was convicted of fraud and sent to prison.
2

noun
A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is in prison.

The escaped convict was caught two days later.

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1 verb · to officially decide in a... sentence

2 noun · a person who has been found... con

More adjudge condemn damn deem doom judge

Opposites

acquit

Word family

Forms convictedconvictingconvicts

Derived forms conconvictableconvictismex-convictnonconvictedreconvictself-convictedunconvictunconvicted

Related forms conviction guilty

Common collocations

convict a killer Verb + noun

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”).

*weyk- Proto-Indo-European convicten Middle English convicter xno convictus Latin

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# convict

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** kənˈvɪkt
**IPA (UK):** ˈkɒnvɪkt
**Frequency rank:** 7487

## Meanings
1. To officially decide in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime.
2. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is in prison.

## Examples
- He was convicted of fraud and sent to prison.
- The escaped convict was caught two days later.

## Synonyms
- adjudge
- condemn
- damn
- deem
- doom
- judge
- sentence

## Antonyms
- acquit

## Derived Forms
- con
- convictable
- convictism
- ex-convict
- nonconvicted
- reconvict
- self-convicted
- unconvict
- unconvicted

## Related Forms
- conviction
- guilty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyk-
- Root: convicten
- Root: convicter
- Root: convictus

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Convict is 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”). In present-day use, it can mean to officially decide in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or a person who has been found guilty of a crime and is in prison. Derived formations include con, convictable, convictism, ex-convict, and nonconvicted.

## Topics
- Crime & Justice

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