convict

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
  2. noun a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
  3. verb find or declare guilty

Etymology

From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Doublet of convince. Displaced native Old English forwyrċan (“to convict, condemn”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird

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