convict
US: /ˈkɑnvɪkt/, /kənˈvɪkt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
convict /'kɔnvikt/
- danh từ
- người bị kết án tù, người tù
- convict prison (establishment): nhà tù, khám lớn
- returned convict: tù được phóng thích
- người bị kết án tù, người tù
- ngoại động từ
- kết án, tuyên bố có tội
- to convict someone of a crime: tuyên bố người nào phạm tội
- làm cho nhận thức thấy (sai lầm, tội tù...)
- kết án, tuyên bố có tội
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN] [often passive] ~ sb (of sth) to decide and state officially in a court of law that sb is guilty of a crime: a convicted murderer + He was convicted of fraud. + There wasn't enough evidence to convict her.
Antonym: ACQUIT
+ noun (also informal con) a person who has been found guilty of a crime and sent to prison: an escaped convict
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 find or prove guilty:
She was convicted of theft.
n.
2 prisoner, captive, Slang con, jailbird orBrit also gaolbird, Brit lag:
The rioting convicts burnt down two prison buildings.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
escaped
Concise English dictionary
convicts|convicted|convictingkən'vɪkt
noun
+a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
+a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence
verb
+find or declare guilty
