Meaning & use
convict
To formally declare, through a court, that someone is guilty of a crime.
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The jury convicted the defendant after only two hours of deliberation.
It is difficult to convict someone without strong physical evidence in court.
A note on using this word
Stress falls on the second syllable for the verb (con-VICT) and the first for the noun (CON-vict).
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence.
The escaped convict was recaptured within a few miles of the prison.
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