verb (past and past participlecon·vict·ed, present participlecon·vict·ing, 3rd person present singularcon·victs)
Definition:
1. transitive verb declare somebody guilty: to declare somebody guilty of a crime in a court of law
(
often passive
)
had been previously convicted of fraud
2. intransitive verb arrive at guilty verdict: to reach a verdict of guilty juries who will convict on the slimmest evidence
3. transitive verb show somebody to be at fault: to show that somebody is in the wrong in some respect actions that convicted her of selfishness
noun (pluralcon·victs)
Definition:
somebody in prison: somebody serving a prison sentence an escaped convict
[14th century. < Latin convict-, past participle of convincere (see convince)]
