Convict

Etymology
From convicter:, from  convictus:, the past participle of convinco:

Pronunciation 1

 * AHD: kən'vĭkt, IPA: /kənˈvɪkt/, SAMPA: /"k@nvIkt/

Verb

 * 1)  To find guilty
 * 2) as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime
 * 3) informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act.

Synonyms

 * (legal crime) sentence
 * (informal) disapprove

Related terms

 * conviction

Pronunciation 2

 * IPA: /ˈkɒnvɪkt/ ; SAMPA: /"kQnvIkt
 * AHD: kŏn'vĭkt; IPA: /ˈkɑnvɪkt/ ; SAMPA: /"kAnvIkt/

Noun

 * 1)  A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
 * 2) A person deported to a penal colony.
 * 3) A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

Synonyms

 * assigned servant, con, government man, public servant
 * penal colonist

Derived terms

 * con (synonym)

Adjectives for Convict
political; pardoned; vital; wily; shivering; rat-faced; horrified; fear-dazed; filthy; degraded; villainous.

Verbs
apprehend—; chain—; deliver—; execute —; expose—; free—; pardon—; parole—; punish—; rehabilitate—; reprieve—; sentence—; train—; transfer—; try—; —breaks jail; —confesses; —escapes; —invades; —offends; —prowls; '—rebels; —reforms; —serves.

Adverbs for Convict
invariably; circumstantially; insidiously; politically; villainously; sternly; intellectually; positively; unmistakably; deliberately; solemnly; theoretically; swiftly; secretly; overwhelmingly; legally.

Thesaurus
Judas, POW, acquit, anathematize, assure, attaint, be convincing, betrayer, blacklist, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, cageling, captive, carry conviction, censure, chain gang, con, condemn, convert, convince, criminal, crook, damn, deceiver, denounce, denunciate, desperado, desperate criminal, detenu, doom, double-dealer, drive home to, ex-convict, excommunicate, felon, find guilty, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, inspire belief, internee, jailbird, lag, lawbreaker, lead to believe, lifer, loser, mobster, outlaw, parolee, pass sentence, pass sentence on, penalize, persuade, political prisoner, prisoner, prisoner of war, pronounce judgment, pronounce sentence, proscribe, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, recidivist, repeater, satisfy, scofflaw, sell, sell one on, sentence, stir bird, swindler, talk over, thief, thug, ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leaver, traitor, trusty, two-timer, win over

Verb

 * Bulgarian: осъждам, признавам за виновен
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, vonnissen
 * Finnish:
 * French: reconnaître coupable
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: הרשיע
 * Italian: condannare
 * Lithuanian: nuteisti, pripažinti kaltu
 * Polish: skazywać, skazać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: осуждать (osuždát'), осудить (osudít')


 * Dutch:

Noun

 * Arabic: سجين, مدان
 * Bulgarian: осъден
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 囚犯, 已決犯, 已决犯
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tuomittu, vanki, rangaistusvanki
 * German: Sträfling


 * Italian: condannato, carcerato
 * Japanese: 受刑者, 犯罪者,
 * Lithuanian: nuteistasis,  nuteistoji
 * Polish: skazaniec
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: осуждённый


 * Bulgarian: каторжник
 * Dutch: strafkolonist
 * Finnish:


 * Italian: deportato
 * Russian: осуждённый, заключённый, з/к,  ,  каторжник


 * : bagnard, condemné