convict
Meaning of convict
noun
- A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
- A person deported to a penal colony.
- The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
- A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.
- To find guilty
His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.
- (esp. religious) to convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something)
Information about convict
- The plural form of convict is: convicts.
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Hyphenation of convict
con-vict
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- convict is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
convict synonyms
Meaning con:
con, inmate, jailbird, gaolbird, yardbird
Meaning :
Translation of convict
- Portuguese: preso, condenado, presidiário, detento, condenar
- Spanish: detenido, presa, convicto, preso, presidiario, condenado, convicta, presidiaria, condenada, presidario, detenida, recluso, reclusa
- French: condamné, condamner
- Italian: detenuto, condannato, carcerato, galeotto
- German: Sträfling, verurteilen, verurtheilen
Words that rhyme with convict
Vict, evict, invict, preconvict, reconvict
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