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# convict

verb (convict, convicts, convicted, convicting; stress on «-VICT»); noun (a convict, convicts; stress on «CON-»)

«convict» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To convict someone is for a court to decide officially that they are guilty of a crime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#m1)
2. A convict is a person who has been found guilty and sent to prison. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#m2)
3. In history, convicts were prisoners sent to work far away, for example to Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons in Australia and the UK, pupils learn that convicts were transported from Britain to Australia. In news and stories, courts convict criminals; a convict escapes from prison. Phrases: convicted of, escaped convict.

### Examples

- The court convicted him of theft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#x1)
- The escaped convict was caught in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#x2)
- Thousands of convicts were sent to Australia long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#x3)
- She was convicted of dangerous driving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#x4)
- Convicts built many of the early roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#x5)
- You cannot be convicted without evidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/#x6)

### Note

Stress changes the meaning: CON-vict (noun, the person), con-VICT (verb). Noun «conviction» also means a strong belief. «Convicted of» a crime, not «for».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «convict» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«convict» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/convict.html) on Mova free.