{
    "term": "convict",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "convict",
            "heSheIt": "convicts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "convicted",
        "pastParticiple": "convicted",
        "ingForm": "convicting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to decide and state officially in court that somebody is guilty of a crime",
            "sensetop": "be convicted (of something)convict somebody (of something)",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was convicted of fraud.",
                    "contextForm": "be convicted (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a convicted murderer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There wasn’t enough evidence to convict her.",
                    "contextForm": "convict somebody (of something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was convicted of a serious driving offence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were convicted of the murder of two teenagers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was convicted on a drug charge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was convicted for her part in the crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were convicted on all 13 counts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["wrongfully", "wrongly", "rightly"],
                "preposition": ["for", "of", "on"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪkt/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvict__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪkts/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvicts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvicted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvicting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪkt/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvict__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪkts/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvicts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvicted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/convict/xconvicting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin convict- ‘demonstrated, refuted, convicted’, from the verb convincere, from con- ‘with’ + vincere ‘conquer’. The noun is from obsolete convict ‘convicted’."
}