convict

有罪とする

裁判で、ある人が罪を犯したと正式に判断する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： convict someone of something (The jury convicted him of theft.); be convicted of something (She was convicted of fraud.)

類義語： find guilty

反対語： acquit

よく使う表現： convict someone, convict of murder, convict a defendant, convict of fraud

受刑者、囚人

犯罪で有罪となった人。特に刑務所で刑に服している人。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： prisoner, inmate

よく使う表現： escaped convict, former convict, convict labour