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单词 convict
释义
convict
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/kənˈvɪkt/us
/kənˈvɪkt/
C2
todecideofficiallyin alawcourtthat someone isguiltyof acrime:
（在法庭上）宣判…有罪，证明…有罪
He hastwicebeen convictedofrobbery/arson.他两次被判犯有抢劫罪／纵火罪。
Opposites
acquit
clear
exculpateformal
exonerateformal
More examples
  • It wasthoughtthat he'dcommittedthecrimebut there wasn'tsufficientevidenceto convict him.
  • She was convicted ofmurderingherdrunkenandallegedlyviolenthusband.
  • He was convicted offelony.
  • AnItaliancourtconvicted him inabsentiafor histerroristactivities.
  • If convicted, she could bejailedfor fiveyearsforlivingoffimmoralearnings.
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  • finding
  • flight risk
  • gagging order
  • inquest
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convicted
convict
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.vɪkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.vɪkt/
someone who is inprisonbecause they areguiltyof acrime:
已决犯，既决犯；（服刑中的）囚犯
anescapedconvict逃犯
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People held in prison
  • captive
  • cellmate
  • co-prisoner
  • con
  • dead
  • dead man walkingidiom
  • detainee
  • detenu
  • gaolbird
  • hostage
  • inmate
  • internee
  • jailbird
  • lag
  • lifer
  • political prisoner
  • pow
  • prisoner
  • prisoner of conscience
  • prisoner of war
(Definition ofconvictfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

convict| American Dictionary

convict
verb[I/T]
us
/kənˈvɪkt/
todecideofficiallyin acourtoflawthat someone isguiltyof aparticularcrime:
[T]There might not have been enoughevidenceto convict him.
convict
noun[C]
us
/ˈkɑn·vɪkt/
someone who has beenjudgedguiltyof acrimeand is inprisonas aresult
(Definition ofconvictfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconvict

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When convicted, there was only so much they could do to prevent a sentence of exemplary harshness and a bitter gaol experience.
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Armed with this power ful tautology, the jury convicted the defendant.
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Three senior medical officials were convicted of criminal negligence and fraud and were sentenced to prison.
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All underground members were put on trial and convicted.
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The convicts celebrate with gleeful choruses each fresh humiliation she undergoes.
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Ironically, their number contained not a single political martyr, only five convicted felons and two madmen.
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In bad weather, convicts had to spend the night in nomad tents erected by the locals, in caravansaries, or in empty huts.
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They wanted to see me convicted because they felt that overall justice would be maximized if they did so.
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The unresolved issue of the rehabilitation of political convicts continued to blot the political landscape in the region.
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However, male convicts born in the successive months of the year seem to differ in committing their offence according to the annual period.
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Table 1 shows the distribution of offences, according to 2-month periods, committed by convicts born in the four 3-month periods of the year.
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Other people say the best way to reduce crime is to make sure that criminals are caught, convicted and punished.
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Two years later, an amnesty law was passed releasing those who were convicted.
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Two men were arrested, both of them convicted, and one of them subsequently hanged.
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The high court found him to be 'rightly convicted for these offences'.
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