convict
To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense.
Example
“He was a convicted felon.”
Other meanings
To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
Related words
- convictable
- reconvict
- unconvict
- nonconvicted
- self-convicted
- unconvicted
Word history
From Latin "convictus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “convict” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.