convict

convict
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 be convicted)declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law
    (经陪审团或法官裁决后)宣判(某人)有罪
    her former boyfriend was convicted of assaulting her.
    她的前男友被判对她犯有强奸罪。
    [as adj. convicted]a convicted murderer.
    已定罪的凶手。
noun
  1. a person found guilty of a criminal offence and serving a sentence of imprisonment
    已被宣判有罪的人;(服刑中的)囚犯
语源
  1. Middle English: from Latin convict- 'demonstrated, refuted, convicted', from the verb convincere (see convince). The noun is from obsolete convict 'convicted'
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