convict
gb/kˈɑnvɪkt/ us/kˈɑnvɪkt/
B2
Engleză
~ 8600
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Verb
B2
action
1
declare someone guilty in court
to say by law that someone did a crime
Tipar de utilizare:
to convict [someone] of [a crime]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often say *"convict someone for a crime"* instead of the more natural legal pattern *"convict someone of a crime"*. Another confusion is using "convict" without an object, as in *"The judge convicted"*; it almost always needs a person as an object: *"The judge convicted the man."*
Sinonime
find guilty (More general phrase; less formal and specifically legal-sounding than "convict".)
Antonime
acquit (Legal term for officially deciding someone is not guilty, the opposite outcome of convicting.)
Colocații
convict someone of murder
|convict on all counts
|convict in court
|convict someone of fraud
|wrongly convict someone
|convict beyond a reasonable doubt
Teme
law
|crime
|society
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The jury convicted him of armed robbery after a three-week trial.
- She was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to five years in prison.
- Several protesters were convicted on lesser charges of disorderly conduct.
- The court convicted the company of violating environmental regulations.
- He insists that the state convicted the wrong man.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The judge convicted the man of the crime.
- He was convicted of stealing a car.
- Three people were convicted in the case.
- They did not have enough proof to convict her.
- After the trial, the court convicted him of murder.
Substantiv
B2
entity
2
person found guilty, usually in prison
a person who did a crime and is usually in prison
Tipar de utilizare:
a convict in [a prison / a place]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes use "convict" to mean any person in jail, but in legal use it usually means someone who has already been found guilty. People waiting for trial are usually called "prisoners" or "detainees", not "convicts". Also, do not say *"He is a criminal convict"*; just "He is a convict" or "He is a criminal."
Sinonime
prisoner (More general; can include people held without being convicted, while "convict" usually means someone already found guilty.)
Antonime
law-abiding citizen (Describes a person who follows the law and has not been convicted of crimes.)
Colocații
escaped convict
|hardened convict
|former convict
|ex-convict
|career convict
|convict population
Teme
law
|crime
|society
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The police are searching the area for an escaped convict.
- As a young convict, he spent ten years behind bars.
- The program helps convicts learn job skills before their release.
- Many convicts struggle to find work once they leave prison.
- The prison holds more than 2,000 convicted felons and other long-term convicts.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The jail has more than one hundred convicts.
- The police caught the escaped convict.
- He is a convict and has lived in prison for many years.
- The movie shows the life of a young convict.
- They help convicts start a new life after prison.
Verb
literary
C1
action
3
make someone feel guilty
to make someone feel very guilty for something wrong they did
Tipar de utilizare:
to convict [someone] about / of [wrong behavior]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may confuse this meaning with the legal verb and think it always involves a court. In this sense, there is no judge or trial; it is about strong moral or inner guilt, often in religious writing. It is also more formal or literary; in everyday speech people more often say "made me feel guilty" than "convicted me."
Sinonime
make someone feel guilty (More everyday and neutral; lacks the strong moral or religious tone that "convict" often has in this sense.)
Antonime
reassure (To comfort someone and remove their feelings of guilt or worry, the opposite of making them feel guilty.)
Colocații
convict someone of their sins
|convict the heart
|feel convicted about
|deeply convicted by
Teme
emotions
|religion
|ethics
Exemple
- Her honesty about the damage they had caused convicted him deeply.
- The speech convicted many listeners of their selfish attitudes.
- He said he felt convicted about how little time he spent with his family.
- The letter from the victim's family convicted her more than the judge's words.
- The documentary convicted viewers of their role in climate change.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- His friend's words convicted him, and he said sorry.
- I felt convicted about how I spoke to my mother.
- The story convicted many people of their bad habits.
- Her quiet kindness convicted him more than any angry talk.
- The book convicted me of my selfish behavior.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
convict
IPA
GB/kˈɑnvɪkt/
US/kˈɑnvɪkt/
Silabe și accent
con - vict (2 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (con)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: convict
- Plural: convicts
Verb
- Base: convict
- 3rd Person Singular: convicts
- Present Participle: convicting
- Past: convicted
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
convicts
noun
convicting
verb
convicted
verb
Core family
conviction
noun B2
Related words
ex-convict
noun
Expresii
convict someone of
1/kənvˈɪkt sˈʌmwˌʌn əv/
fixed phrase
legally find a person guilty of
to say in a court that a person did a certain crime
Exemple
- The court convicted him of murder after a long trial.
- They finally convicted the politician of corruption.
- The jury convicted her of several counts of fraud.