to convict
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4.0
- verb
- /kənˈvɪkt/
- Formal
:
condenar
- A residential child care worker in Wales has been struck off after being convicted of possessing Class A drugs.
- convicted of a crime
- wrongly convicted
- the jury convicted him
Like the last murder case I did, client got convicted, I did.
- Like the last murder case I did, client got convicted, I did.
- If we convict Trump, we must convict Nature herself.
- San Francisco jury, very liberal, convicts handily, you know, no question.
- Well, he's not been tried and convicted of those crimes, right.
- Eventually, Ray would be convicted for negligent homicide.
- He's been convicted for a charge.
- Yeah, it was very, very, I could have gotten convicted of murder and been away still.
- Trevor Milton has since been convicted of fraud and is awaiting sentencing.
- Therefore, let's convict him on misdemeanors.
- Defendant is charged and convicted and in prison on death row.
Examples
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Do you really think a jury of my peers in New York City will convict me?
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He was convicted in 1998 for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors...
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So they use DNA analysis of dogs in order to convict the dad.
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So the idea is, look for sure, you can't convict somebody of a crime.
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In the second place, no jury'll ever convict us.
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Both men were found guilty of the crime, with Lloyd being convicted as an accessory before the fact.
Academic text (2011) -
The affair caused a tremendous outcry, and the three were eventually convicted and given prison sentences.
Academic text (1999) -
After exoneration, Roland Gibson, who was convicted of killing a taxi driver in 1968, was released.
Academic text (2011) -
When Reeves hears about parolees and convicted felons getting help for their re-entry into society, he feels frustrated.
Academic text (2011) -
The jury found enough evidence to convict the defendant of burglary.
Synonyms
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4.0
To make a person who broke the law be caught and punished
46
4.8
To show by actions or facts that someone is guilty
Antonyms
Compounds
How Accountable
- Formal
75
4.0
- Formal
921
4.0
354
6.1
- Formal
933
4.2
∞
2.8
686
1.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Convict comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and vincere 'to win', the same root you see in victory. To convict someone originally meant to 'win' against them or to 'prove' they were guilty, which is why today it means to find someone guilty in court.