verb

convict

kuhn-VIHKT

verb

To find someone guilty of a crime in a court of law.

"The jury convicted him of fraud after a two-week trial."

noun

A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence.

"The escaped convict was recaptured within days."

How to Use Convict

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo officially declare someone guilty in court, or a noun for someone who has been so declared.

Common mistake

Stress shifts between the forms: the verb is con-VICT, the noun is CON-vict.

Common pairings

convicted of a crime an escaped convict

convicted past tense, convicts plural, convicts singular

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The jury _____ him of fraud after a two-week trial.

From Latin convictus, past participle of convincere, "to prove wrong, to convict" — the same root as "convince."

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