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1. In law, to find or to prove (someone) guilty of a legal offense or crime; especially, by the verdict of a court: "The jury convicted the defendant of murder."
2. To show or to declare to be blameworthy; to condemn.
3. To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.
4. A person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
5. A person serving a prison sentence.
6. Etymology: from Latin convictus and convincere, "to overcome decisively", from com-, "with, together" + vincere, "to conquer".
2. To show or to declare to be blameworthy; to condemn.
3. To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.
4. A person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
5. A person serving a prison sentence.
6. Etymology: from Latin convictus and convincere, "to overcome decisively", from com-, "with, together" + vincere, "to conquer".
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vinc-, vict-, -vince, -vincible, -vincibility +
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Condescending is a convict escaping down the wall of a prison using a rope.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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