verb (used with object)
- to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- to impress with a sense of guilt.
noun
- a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
- a person serving a prison sentence.
adjective
- Archaic. convicted.
verb (kənˈvɪkt) (tr)
- to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence
noun (ˈkɒnvɪkt)
- a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment
- a person serving a prison sentence
adjective (kənˈvɪkt)
- 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.