convict

condenar

Decidir oficialmente en un tribunal que alguien es culpable de un delito.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: convict someone of something (The jury convicted him of theft.); be convicted of something (She was convicted of fraud.)

Sinónimos: find guilty

Antónimos: acquit

Expresiones frecuentes: convict someone, convict of murder, convict a defendant, convict of fraud

preso, condenado

Persona declarada culpable de un delito, especialmente si está cumpliendo una pena de prisión.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: prisoner, inmate

Expresiones frecuentes: escaped convict, former convict, convict labour