| VERB | communication | convict | find or declare guilty |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOUN | person | convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
| person | convict | a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense |
| Sounds | kaa'nvihkt; kahnvih'kt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... | |
| Meaning | A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird | |
| Narrower | lifer | A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment |
| trusty | A convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges | |
| Broader | prisoner, captive | A person who is confined |
| Spanish | condenada, condenado, convicta, convicto, presidario, presidiaria, presidiario, preso, prisionero, recluso | |
| Catalan | presidiari, pres, presoner, reclús | |
| Verbs | convict | find or declare guilty |
| Meaning | A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | first offender | someone convicted for the first time |
| sex offender | someone who has been convicted of a sex crime | |
| Broader | wrongdoer, offender | A person who transgresses moral or civil law |
| Spanish | condenado, convicto | |
| Catalan | condemnat, convicte | |
| Verbs | convict | find or declare guilty |
| Meaning | Find or declare guilty. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Example | "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Entails | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
| Entailed by | sentence, condemn, doom | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law |
| Narrower | reconvict | convict anew |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge | pronounce judgment on |
| Opposite | acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges |
| Spanish | condenar, declarar culpable | |
| Catalan | condemnar, declarar culpable | |
| Nouns | convict | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
| convict | a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense | |
| conviction | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed | |
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