convictverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/kənˈvɪkt/us/kənˈvɪkt/C2 to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime:
He has twice been convicted of robbery/arson.
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- It was thought that he'd committed the crime but there wasn't sufficient evidence to convict him.
- She was convicted of murdering her drunken and allegedly violent husband.
- He was convicted of felony.
- An Italian court convicted him in absentia for his terrorist activities.
- If convicted, she could be jailed for five years for living off immoral earnings.
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Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bail
- bale
- defend
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- jurisdiction
- plea
- remedy
- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
- show trial
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adjective uk/kənˈvɪk.tɪd/us/kənˈvɪk.tɪd/
a convicted murderer
convictnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒn.vɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.vɪkt/someone who is in prison because they are guilty of a crime:
an escaped convict
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People held in prison
- captive
- cellmate
- con
- detainee
- detenu
- gaolbird
- hostage
- inmate
- internee
- jailbird
- lag
- lifer
- political prisoner
- pow
- prisoner
- prisoner of conscience
- prisoner of war