Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - convict
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Convict
convict
I. adjective Date: 14th century archaic having been ~ed II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~us, past participle of convincere to refute, ~ Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to find or prove to be guilty 2. to convince of error or sinfulness intransitive verb to find a defendant guilty III. noun Date: 15th century 1. a person ~ed of and under sentence for a crime 2. a person serving a usually long prison sentence
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of) prove to be guilty (of a crime etc.). 2 declare guilty by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge. --n. 1 a person found guilty of a criminal offence. 2 chiefly hist. a person serving a prison sentence, esp. in a penal colony. Etymology: ME f. L convincere convict- (as COM-, vincere conquer): noun f. obs. convict convicted ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. осужденный; заключенный; преступник, отбывающий каторжные работы, каторжник returned convict —- (заключенный) освобожденный из тюрьмы 2. предназначенный для преступников, пенитенциарный convict prison —- каторжная тюрьма convict colony —- ист. исправительная колония для преступников convict ship —- ист. судно для перевозки преступников convict system —- ист. система отправки преступников в колонии 3. уст. осужденный, заключенный 4. юр. признать виновным, вынести приговор; осудить to convict of murder —- признать виновным в убийстве 5. привести к сознанию виновности; заставить осознать свою вину to convict smb. of his error —- убедить кого-л. в совершенной ошибке to be convicted of sin —- раскаяться в грехах 6. убеждать no use talking, you can't convict me —- говорить бесполезно, вы меня все равно не убедите ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
of убедить в чем-л. It was difficult to convict him of the falsity of his beliefs. At last the chairman was convicted of having made a wrong decision. CONVICT 1. noun осужденный, заключенный; каторжник Syn: see sentence 2. v. 1) leg. признавать виновным в чем-л. (of); выносить приговор The prisoner was convicted of robbery. The prisoner was convicted of stealing the jewels. 2) привести к сознанию (проступка, вины и т.п.) - convict of Syn: see sentence ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
(convicted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court. In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment... There was insufficient evidence to convict him. ...a convicted drug dealer. VERB: be V-ed of n/-ing, V n, V-ed 2. A convict is someone who is in prison. (JOURNALISM) = prisoner N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~1 v to prove or officially announce that someone is guilty of a crime after a trial1 (1) in a law court (be convicted of sth) (Buxton was convicted of rape. | a convicted murderer) (- opposite acquit) ~2 n someone who has been proved to be guilty of a crime and sent to prison (There was a report on the news about an escaped convict.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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