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preconvict

preconvict verb: to convict in advance.

Verb

preconvict (third-person singular simple present preconvicts, present participle preconvicting, simple past and past participle preconvicted)

  1. (transitive) To convict in advance.
    • […] he was conscious to himself that he had prejudged, preconvicted, and even presentenced the Man whom he tried, months before he heard his case, as is demonstrated by his threat to Mrs. MILBANK "that he would send him into penal servitude!" […]1874, The Englishman, volume 1, page 393

Forms of preconvict

third-person singular presentpreconvicts
present participlepreconvicting
past participlepreconvicted
pastpreconvicted

Origin of preconvict

From pre- + convict.

Questions about preconvict

What does preconvict mean?
Preconvict means to convict in advance.
What part of speech is preconvict?
Preconvict is a verb.
What is the past tense of preconvict?
The past tense of preconvict is preconvicted.

Words near preconvict in the dictionary

  1. preconverted
  2. preconvey
  3. preconveyed
  4. preconveying
  5. preconveys
  6. preconvict
  7. preconvicted
  8. preconvicting
  9. preconviction
  10. preconvictions
  11. preconvicts

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