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convict

🇬🇧 UK/kən'vɪkt/🇺🇸 US/kәn'vikt/
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Definitions

v.

To find or declare someone guilty of a crime in a court of law

判定(某人)有罪,定罪

n.

A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a prison sentence

囚犯,服刑人员

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
contogether, with
+
victconquer, overcome
=convict

Common Collocations

  • 1.convict of认定……有罪
  • 2.escaped convict逃犯

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The jury convicted him of fraud.

  • 2.

    The jury voted unanimously to convict the defendant of the serious criminal charges.

  • 3.

    The convicted prisoner serves his sentence in the federal penitentiary.

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