convict

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • enPR: kənvĭktʹ, IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪkt/

  • Audio (US); “convict” (verb):

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  • Rhymes: -ɪkt
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnvɪkt/
  • (General American) enPR: kŏnʹvĭkt; IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnvɪkt/

  • Audio (US); “convict” (noun):

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• Hyphenation: con‧vict

Verb

convict (third-person singular simple present convicts, present participle convicting, simple past and past participle convicted)

1. (transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

   Synonyms: sentence, (informal) disapprove

   He was a convicted felon.

   His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.

   • 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:

     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. (chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

   Synonym: convince

Derived terms

• convictable
• nonconvicted
• reconvict
• self-convicted
• unconvict
• unconvicted

Related terms

• conviction

Translations

to find guilty

Arabic: أَدَانَ (ʔadāna) Armenian: դատապարտել (hy) (datapartel) Azerbaijani: məhkum etmək Belarusian: асуджа́ць impf (asudžácʹ), асудзі́ць pf (asudzícʹ) Bulgarian: осъ́ждам (bg) impf (osǎ́ždam), осъ́дя pf (osǎ́dja), признава́м за вино́вен impf (priznavám za vinóven) Catalan: condemnar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 判罪 (zh) (pànzuì), 定罪 (zh) (dìngzuì) Czech: odsuzovat (cs) impf, odsoudit (cs) pf, usvědčovat impf, usvědčit (cs) pf Dutch: veroordelen (nl), vonnissen (nl) Esperanto: kondamni Finnish: todeta syylliseksi (legally), paheksua (fi) (morally) French: condamner (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: verurteilen (de) Greek: καταδικάζω (el) (katadikázo) Ancient: ἐξελέγχω (exelénkhō) Hebrew: הִרְשִׁיעַ (he) (hirshía) Hungarian: elítél (hu) Indonesian: menyatakan bersalah Irish: daor, ciontaigh Italian: condannare (it) Khmer: ទណ្ឌិត (tŭəndɨt) Latin: damnō Lithuanian: nuteisti, pripažinti kaltu Macedonian: осудува impf (osuduva), осуди pf (osudi) Maori: whakahara Mari: Eastern Mari: судитлаш (suditlaš) Old English: forwyrċan Persian: محکوم کردن (fa) (mahkum kardan) Polish: skazywać (pl) impf, skazać (pl) pf Portuguese: condenar (pt) Russian: осужда́ть (ru) impf (osuždátʹ), осуди́ть (ru) pf (osudítʹ), признава́ть вино́вным impf (priznavátʹ vinóvnym), призна́ть вино́вным pf (priznátʹ vinóvnym), пригова́ривать (ru) impf (prigovárivatʹ), приговори́ть (ru) pf (prigovorítʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пресуђи́вати impf, пресу́дити pf, осуђи́вати impf, осу́дити pf Roman: presuđívati impf, presúditi (sh) pf, osuđívati (sh) impf, osúditi (sh) pf Slovak: odsudzovať impf, odsúdiť pf, usvedčovať impf, usvedčiť pf Slovene: obsoditi pf Spanish: condenar (es), sentenciar (es), culpabilizar (es) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: mahkum etmek (tr), hüküm giydirmek Ukrainian: засу́джувати impf (zasúdžuvaty), засуди́ти pf (zasudýty), прису́джувати impf (prysúdžuvaty), присуди́ти pf (prysudýty) Vietnamese: kết án (vi) Yiddish: פֿאַרמשפּטן (farmshptn)

to convince (someone of a belief)

Japanese: 思わせる (ja) (omowaseru), 思わす (ja) (omowasu), 信念させる (shinnen saseru) Spanish: convencer (es)

Noun

convict (plural convicts)

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

   Synonyms: assigned servant, con, government man, (historical) public servant

2. A person deported to a penal colony.

   Synonym: penal colonist

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.

Derived terms

• con
• convict hour
• convictism
• ex-convict

Translations

person convicted of a crime

Arabic: سَجِين m (sajīn), مُدَان m (mudān) Armenian: դատապարտյալ (hy) (datapartyal) Azerbaijani: məhkum (az) Belarusian: засу́джаны m (zasúdžany), асу́джаны m (asúdžany) Bulgarian: осъ́ден (bg) m (osǎ́den) Burmese: ထောင်သား (my) (htaungsa:) Chinese: Mandarin: 囚犯 (zh) (qiúfàn), 已決犯 / 已决犯 (zh) (yǐjuéfàn) Czech: odsouzený (cs) m Dutch: veroordeelde (nl) m or f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tuomittu (fi), vanki (fi), rangaistusvanki French: criminel (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Sträfling (de) m Greek: κατάδικος (el) m or f (katádikos) Hungarian: elítélt (hu) Indonesian: terpidana (id), narapidana (id) Italian: condannato (it) m, carcerato (it) m Japanese: 受刑者 (ja) (じゅけいしゃ, jūkeisha), 犯罪者 (ja) (はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha), 囚人 (ja) (しゅうじん, shūjin) Khmer: ទណ្ឌិត (tŭəndɨt) Korean: 기결수(旣決囚) (ko) (gigyeolsu), 재소자(在所者) (ko) (jaesoja), 죄수(罪囚) (ko) (joesu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: mehkûm (ku), hikimxwarî Lithuanian: (kaltu) nuteistasis m, nuteistoji f Macedonian: осуденик m (osudenik) Malay: banduan (ms) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: straffange m Nynorsk: straffange m Persian: مجرم (fa) (mojrem), گناهکار (fa) (gonâhkâr) Plautdietsch: Vebräakja m Polish: skazaniec (pl) m Portuguese: condenado (pt) m Russian: осуждённый (ru) m (osuždjónnyj) Slovak: odsúdený m, odsúdenec m Spanish: convicto m Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: mahkûm (tr), hükümlü (tr) Ukrainian: засу́джений m (zasúdženyj), осу́джений m (osúdženyj) Vietnamese: bị cáo (vi)

person deported to a penal colony

Bulgarian: като́ржник (bg) m (katóržnik) Czech: odsouzený (cs) m, mukl (cs) (slang) Dutch: strafkolonist m Finnish: vanki (fi) French: bagnard (fr) m Greek: εξόριστος (el) m (exóristos), κατάδικος (el) m or f (katádikos) Italian: deportato (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: straffange m Nynorsk: straffange m Russian: осуждённый (ru) m (osuždjónnyj), заключённый (ru) (zaključónnyj), з/к (z/k) (abbreviation), зэк (ru) (zɛk) (slang), ка́торжник (ru) m (kátoržnik), коло́дник (ru) m (kolódnik)

Further reading

• convict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Konvikt.

Noun

convict n (plural convicte)

1. (Bukovina) boarding school

   Synonym: internat

Declension

Declension of convict

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	convict	convictul		convicte	convictele
genitive-dative	convict	convictului		convicte	convictelor
vocative	convictule			convictelor

References

• convict in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN