preconvict

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verb

To convict in advance.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person preconvicts · participle present preconvicting · participle past preconvicted · past preconvicted

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From pre- + convict.

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APA

preconvict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconvict

MLA

“preconvict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconvict. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preconvict,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preconvict.

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