convict

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in Vietnamese Tuyên án có tội, kết án

BrE /ˈkɒnvɪkt/ AmE /ˈkɑːn(v)ɪkt/

verb / noun en → vi

past convicted pp convicted ing convicting

1 JUDGE [transitive] B1

Tuyên án có tội, kết án

to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime and sentence them to punishment

  • convict somebody of something

Collocations convict someone of murder · convict someone of fraud

  • The jury convicted him of theft.

    Hội đồng xét xử đã kết án ông ta tội trộm cắp.

2 PRISONER [noun] B1

Người bị kết án, tù nhân

a person who has been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to punishment by a court of law

Collocations convict prisoner · lifelong convict

  • He is a convicted murderer.

    Ông ta là một kẻ giết người bị kết án.