/ˈkɒnvɪkt/
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Translation
A person who is in prison because a court decided they were guilty of a crime.
Word origin
From Latin convictus, meaning proved wrong or defeated, from the verb convincere. A convict is someone the court has proved guilty.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- convictus
- English cognates
- convince
Examples
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As a noun, the stress is on the first part: CON-vict.
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As a verb it means to find someone guilty, with the stress on the second part: con-VICT.
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You are convicted OF a crime.
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