convict
VerbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈkɒnvɪkt//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈkɑnvɪkt//
- //kənˈvɪkt//
To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
Verb
- 1
To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
He was a convicted felon.
His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.
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.
- 2
To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
Herkunft
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”).
Substantiv
- 1
A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
- 2
A person deported to a penal colony.
- 3
The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- 4
A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
Formen
- Plural
- convicts
- Präteritum
- convicted
- Partizip II
- convicted
- Partizip I
- convicting
- 3. Person Singular
- convicts
convict · To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
conviction · A firmly held belief.convince · To make someone believe, or feel sure about something,…convinced · In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not…