convict
//kənˈvɪkt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- convict
- past (v2)
- convicted
- past participle (v3)
- convicted
- present participle
- convicting
- 3rd person singular
- convicts
- Plural
- convicts
Definitions
1.To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
- His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.
- He was a convicted felon.
2.To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
1.A person deported to a penal colony.
2.A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
3.A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
4.The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3957
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
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”).