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Synonyms for convict
kənˈvɪkt; ˈkɒn vɪktcon·vict
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Wiktionary
convictverb
Synonyms:
sentence, disapproveconvictnoun
To find guilty
Synonyms:
sentence, disapproveconvictnoun
A person deported to a penal colony.
Synonyms:
penal colonistconvictnoun
Synonyms:
con, public servant, government man, assigned servant
English Synonyms and Antonyms
convict
To condemn is to pass judicial sentence or render judgment or decision against. We may censure silently; we condemn ordinarily by open and formal utterance. Condemn is more final than blame or censure; a condemned criminal has had his trial; a condemned building can not stand; a condemned ship can not sail. A person is convicted when his guilt is made clearly manifest to others; in somewhat archaic use, a person is said to be convicted when guilt is brought clearly home to his own conscience (convict in this sense being allied with convince, which see under PERSUADE); in legal usage one is said to be convicted only by the verdict of a jury. In stating the penalty of an offense, the legal word sentence is now more common than condemn; as, he was sentenced to imprisonment; but it is good usage to say, he was condemned to imprisonment. To denounce is to make public or official declaration against, especially in a violent and threatening manner.
From the pulpits in the northern States Burr was denounced as an assassin.
Coffin Building the Nation ch. 10, p. 137. [Harper & Bros. '83.]To doom is to condemn solemnly and consign to evil or destruction or to predetermine to an evil destiny; an inferior race in presence of a superior is doomed to subjugation or extinction. Compare ARRAIGN; REPROVE.
Synonyms:
blame, censure, condemn, denounce, doom, reprobate, reprove, sentenceAntonyms:
absolve, acquit, applaud, approve, exonerate, justify, pardon, pardon, praisePreposition:
The bandit was condemned to death for his crime.
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Princeton's WordNet
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, inpatient, hustle, bunko, confidence trick, bunko game, con game, gyp, yard bird, bunco game, con, sting, inmate, yardbird, flimflamAntonyms:
assoil, discharge, clear, acquit, exonerate, exculpateconvictverb
a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
Synonyms:
inmate, yardbird, yard bird, conAntonyms:
discharge, acquit, assoil, clear, exculpate, exonerateconvictverb
find or declare guilty
"The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"
Antonyms:
assoil, exonerate, exculpate, discharge, clear, acquit
Dictionary of English Synonymes
convictverb
Synonyms:
prove guilty, detect in guiltconvictnoun
Synonyms:
malefactor, criminal, felon, culprit
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
convictnoun
Synonyms:
felon, prisoner, criminal, culprit, malefactor
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2529 | con | |
| #4717 | sentence | |
| #7199 | blame | |
| #8838 | doom | |
| #9894 | convicted | |
| #9907 | prisoner | |
| #13130 | sentenced | |
| #14457 | sting | |
| #15039 | condemned | |
| #16226 | inpatient | |
| #17298 | inmate | |
| #18963 | hustle | |
| #21118 | condemn | |
| #29024 | convict | |
| #31465 | reo | |
| #31947 | disapprove | |
| #36718 | detainee | |
| #40292 | denounce | |
| #42143 | censure | |
| #90338 | bunko | |
| #113787 | gyp | |
| #118132 | reprobate | |
| #128551 | reprove | |
| #138234 | bunco | |
| #175419 | yardbird |
How to use convict in a sentence?
This case has taken many twist and turns but one thing has remained clear, which is that there was never enough evidence to convict James Pugh of this murder.
Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
There are always gray areas in such matters. And when the justice system fails to convict suspects then these things happen.
Yes, you can't convict the kids on the basis of the crimes of the parents but nevertheless, they will be dealt with in exactly the same way as the families of criminals are normally dealt with, these aren't the first Australians who have committed very serious crimes overseas, who have families. They will be dealt with in the normal way.
Only those who have stood within the bars and heard the din of devils and the appalling sounds of despair can imagine the horrors of the hold of a convict ship.
Translations for convict
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- سجين, مدانArabic
- осъждам, осъден, каторжник, признавам за виновенBulgarian
- odsouzený, usvědčit, odsouditCzech
- überführen, Sträfling, verurteilenGerman
- κατάδικοςGreek
- condenarSpanish
- vanki, tuomita, rangaistusvanki, tuomittuFinnish
- reconnaître coupableFrench
- הרשיעHebrew
- դատապարտյալArmenian
- carcerato, condannare, condannato, deportatoItalian
- 囚人, 犯罪者, 受刑者Japanese
- pripažinti kaltu, nuteisti, nuteistoji, nuteistasisLithuanian
- strafkolonist, veroordelen, vonnissen, veroordeeldeDutch
- skazać, skazaniec, skazywaćPolish
- condenado, condenarPortuguese
- зэк, з/к, каторжник, заключённый, осуждать, осуждённый, осудитьRussian
- mahkumTurkish
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