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to convict
01
to announce officially that someone is guilty of a crime in a court of law
Transitive: to convict sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
convict
3rd person singular
convicts
Present participle
convicting
Past simple
convicted
Past participle
convicted
Examples
The jury deliberated and decided to convict the defendant of murder.
Convict
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
convicts
Examples
The convict was sentenced to ten years in prison for robbery.
02
a person found guilty of a criminal charge by a court of law
Examples
As a convict, he lost his right to vote.
Lexical Tree
conviction
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