convict

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
2. To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

Noun

1. A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
2. A person deported to a penal colony.
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.

Synonyms

prisoner

condemn

sentence

inmate

find guilty

captive

con

criminal

jailbird

doom

issue judgement against

judge

🧑‍⚖️

condemned

convince

culprit

felon

lawbreaker

reprobate

yardbird

yard bird

decide

denounce

deplore

deprecate

disapprove

constrain

doomed

execrate

exile

exiled

fated

PW

censure

give

influence

call

intruder

burglar

brand

award

lag

correct a mistake

malefactor

outlaw

penalize

persuade

anathematize

prisoner of war

pronounce

referee

Translations

Sträfling

bagnard

condannare

veroordelen

condamner

verurteilen

condenar

condenado

condenar

condenado

Zuchthäusler

détenu

καταδικάζω

κατάδικος

carcerato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈvɪkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: convicten

In summary

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”).