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unconvicted


verb (used with object)

  1. to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
  2. to impress with a sense of guilt.

noun

  1. a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
  2. a person serving a prison sentence.

adjective

  1. Archaic. convicted.

verb (kənˈvɪkt) (tr)

  1. to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence

noun (ˈkɒnvɪkt)

  1. a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment
  2. a person serving a prison sentence

adjective (kənˈvɪkt)

  1. obsolete convicted

v.mid-14c., from Latin convictus, past participle of convincere “to ‘overcome’ in argument” (see convince). Replaced Old English verb oferstælan. Related: Convicted; convicting. n.late 15c., from convict (v). Slang shortening con is from 1893.

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