convict
noun/ˈkɒnvɪkt/
/ˈkɑːnvɪkt/
(also informal con)
- a person who has been found guilty of a crime, especially one who has been sent to prison
- The novel begins with Pip’s meeting with an escaped convict from the prison ship.
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin convict- ‘demonstrated, refuted, convicted’, from the verb convincere, from con- ‘with’ + vincere ‘conquer’. The noun is from obsolete convict ‘convicted’.Definitions on the go
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