convict

condamner, déclarer coupable

Décider officiellement au tribunal qu’une personne a commis un crime ou un délit.

En anglais simple : To officially decide in court that someone is guilty of a crime.

• The jury voted to convict him.
• She was convicted of theft last year.
• They could not convict the suspect without more evidence.

Comment l'utiliser : convict someone of something (The jury convicted him of theft.); be convicted of something (She was convicted of fraud.)

Synonymes : find guilty

Contraires : acquit

Expressions courantes : convict someone, convict of murder, convict a defendant, convict of fraud

détenu, condamné

Personne reconnue coupable d’un crime ou d’un délit, surtout si elle purge une peine de prison.

En anglais simple : A person found guilty of a crime, especially someone serving a prison sentence.

• The convict escaped from prison.
• Two convicts worked in the prison garden.
• The former convict found a job after his release.

Synonymes : prisoner, inmate

Expressions courantes : escaped convict, former convict, convict labour