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), verb

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

  • Audio (US), 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

   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

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, tuomita (fi), paheksua (fi) (moral sense)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)

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
• 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
• 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
• 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