convictioncon‧vic‧tion /kənˈvɪkʃən/ ●○○ noun 
a woman of strong political convictionsdeep/strong conviction The Dotens have a deep conviction that marriage is for life.conviction that The students possess the conviction that they can make a difference to their community.2[uncountable] the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubtswith/without conviction He was able to say with conviction that he had changed. ‘No,’ she said, without conviction. It was a reasonable explanation, but his voice lacked conviction. It took her so much effort to speak that what she said carried great conviction (=showed she felt sure of what she said).3[countable, uncountable] a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or the process of proving that someone is guilty OPP acquittal: They had no previous convictions. Applicants are checked for criminal convictions.conviction for This was her third conviction for theft. the trial and conviction of Jimmy Malone → have the courage of your convictions at courage(2)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + convictiona criminal conviction· Jason already had a criminal conviction for theft.a murder/manslaughter/fraud etc conviction· He lost his job following a drugs conviction.a previous/prior conviction (=a crime someone was found guilty of in the past)· The man had five previous convictions for being drunk and disorderly.a wrongful conviction (=a guilty verdict that was wrong)· The trial led to the men's wrongful conviction.verbshave a conviction for something· You must declare whether you have any convictions.lead to a conviction· They offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer.obtain/secure a conviction (=make someone be found guilty)· The prosecution had obtained a conviction based on false evidence.appeal against conviction (=ask a court of law to change it)· The men intend to appeal against their convictions.quash/overturn a conviction (=officially say that it was wrong)· The Court of Appeal quashed their convictions.uphold a conviction (=officially say that it was right)· The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Americans held the conviction that anyone could become rich if they worked hard.
- Mrs. Warren and her husband appealed the conviction.
- The trial and conviction of Jimmy Malone took over three months.
- He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far, and felt sure that wouldn't be held against him.
- He sells his company and he sells himself marketing his own deeply held convictions.
- It does not follow that increases in crime accompanied by increased numbers of convictions necessarily entails more people being incarcerated.
- The fact that they do not believe with any great conviction the theories underlying the shocks, makes their task even harder.
- Then, with more conviction, she pronounced my name.
WORD SETS
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escrow, nounescrow agent, estate, nounestoppel, nounevidence, nounexamination, nounexamination-in-chief, nounexamine, verbexculpate, verbexecute, verbexecutor, nounexecutrix, nounexhibit, nounexpectations, nounex post facto law, nounexpropriate, verbextradite, verbextrajudicial, adjectivefair dealing, false representation, nounfee absolute, nounfiduciary, nounfiduciary, adjectivefinding, nounfirm name, nounfixtures and fittings, nounforce majeure, nounforeman, nounforewoman, nounfreeholder, nounfree pardon, nounfrustration of contract, fugitive, nounfugitive, adjectivegagging order, gag order, noungarnishee, verbgarnishee, noungeneral counsel, noungeneral practice, noungive, verbgrand jury, noungrantee, noungrantor, noungreen paper, noungross misconduct, ground rent, nounguarantee, verbguarantor, nounguaranty, nounguillotine, verbguilt, noungun control, nounhabeas corpus, nounHague Rules, nounhear, verbhearing, nounheir, nounheir apparent, nounhereafter, adverbhereditament, 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nounlegator, nounlessee, nounlessor, nounletters of administration, nounliable, adjectivelicensee, nounlien, nounlienee, nounlienor, nounlimited liability, nounliquidated damages, litigant, nounlitigate, verblitigation, nounlitigator, nounlitigious, adjectiveliving will, nounloophole, nounmagisterial, adjectivemagistracy, nounmagistrate, nounMagistrates' Court, nounmaintenance, nounmajority, nounmalfeasance, nounmalpractice, nounmarriage certificate, nounmarriage licence, nounmarriage lines, nounmaterial, adjectivematerial fact, nounmemorandum, nounmiscarriage of justice, nounmisdirect, verbmisfeasance, nounmisstatement, nounmistrial, nounM'lord, nounM'lud, nounmoiety, nounmonies, nounmoot court, nounmoratorium, nounmovable, nounno-fault, adjectivenolo contendere, nounnonfeasance, nounnon-negotiable, adjectivenotary, nounnuisance, nounnullify, verbnullity, nounoath, nounopen-and-shut case, nounopen verdict, nounoperative mistake, nounordinance, nounoriginating application, originating 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + conviction Our client hasn’t reached a firm decision on the matter yet. The High Court later quashed his conviction for murder.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Jason already had a criminal conviction for theft.
· He lost his job following a drugs conviction.
(=a crime someone was found guilty of in the past)· The man had five previous convictions for being drunk and disorderly.
(=a guilty verdict that was wrong)· The trial led to the men's wrongful conviction.
verbs· You must declare whether you have any convictions.
· They offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer.
(=make someone be found guilty)· The prosecution had obtained a conviction based on false evidence.
(=ask a court of law to change it)· The men intend to appeal against their convictions.
(=officially say that it was wrong)· The Court of Appeal quashed their convictions.
(=officially say that it was right)· The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· Anti-war activists were put in prison for refusing to compromise their beliefs.
Our client hasn’t reached a firm decision on the matter yet.· We had a passionate belief in what we were doing.
The High Court later quashed his conviction for murder.· Some of the doormen had criminal convictions and a history of violence.· Thirty-five criminal convictions and 18 civil judgments have been obtained since March 1995, and many more are expected.· The result: 11 criminal convictions.· For that $ 110 million, the taxpayers have gotten little in return in terms of lasting criminal convictions.· Last year, 114 cases with 236 victims and more than $ 18 million in estimated rip-offs led to 11 criminal convictions.· His criminal record includes convictions for assault and dangerous driving.· Another was Lloyd Carlo Douglas, whom prosecutors allowed to falsely testify that he had no criminal convictions.
· That shows an inner strength which must be the result of his deep religious conviction.· In this, Vargas Llosa defends his most deep and abiding conviction: that literature can change the world.· Friends and associates describe Starr, the son of a Baptist minister, as a man of deep religious convictions.· They obscure our deeper conviction that what is in the blood will out, that shared blood means shared susceptibilities.
· By the early 1820s conviction grew amongst reformers that it was not.· Attorney Kathleen O'Connor repeatedly objected, citing Harris's earlier convictions.
· It is the firm conviction of your Board that you should not become shareholders in a company with such an unsound strategy.· Like fighters, those who flee tend to hold firm convictions about how progress and growth ought to be achieved.· Believe he could not, and at the same time he had no firm conviction that all was untrue.· Fighting Organizational Behavior Patterns Strong, healthy individuals have firm convictions and beliefs.· The right hon. Lady said no, no, no out of firm conviction.
· At these times the strength of personal relationships and conviction will be tested.· But in the last resort what really moves us is our personal convictions.· Without the anchor of personal conviction they are at the mercy of every ebb and flow of opinion.· There is no iron in the new faith because it lacks personal conviction.· Only when the cause of the doubt has been understood and dealt with can faith be re-engaged and personal conviction encouraged.· This is the obedience of faith to which personal conviction leads.· There are many reasons why people have a diminished sense of personal conviction.
· At no time could his work for the press be dissociated from his political convictions.· One can only conclude that the commitment on tax is the result of political conviction and the insistence of Bush's sponsors.· In complete contrast to Ybreska, Kirov was a man of deep political and ideological convictions.· There was no escape, either, from the consequences of my parents' passionate political convictions.· It did not suggest a wound of honour or an injury sustained for political conviction.· And today he revealed that his wife is now prepared to die for her political convictions.· The mainsprings of his activity were his religious and political convictions.· I respect Izzo's political convictions and those of his family, which aren't the same as mine.
· Cook, who has previous convictions for robbery, pleaded guilty to attempted rape and to unlawful wounding.· In January 1994, he agreed to give free concerts as compensation for a previous conviction on drunken driving charges.· The shop suffered a substantial loss of trading. Previous convictions: none.· John Hargreaves, prosecuting, said that Bulmer had a long list of previous convictions.· The magistrates were told that he had three previous convictions for alcohol-related offences.· He was over the drink-drive limit and had a previous conviction for careless driving.· Tomkinson had a previous conviction for exposing himself to a woman in 1985 and was given probation in 1990 for assault.
· Scepticism is dogmatic when assent is withheld on the basis of prior conviction without considering the evidence.· Johnson had two prior convictions for residential burglaries and a history of petty crimes.· Diaz has four prior felony convictions, including two attempted robberies, an attempted assault and a drug case.
· They all wear headscarves-whether out of fear or religious conviction I do not know-whereas I don't.· Furthermore, preparation of students to work as church musicians without regard to their religious convictions can lead to confusion or insincerity.· Davis' religious conviction actually gives him a better understanding of Hall, Hall says.· That shows an inner strength which must be the result of his deep religious conviction.· The nuns do not, as a matter of religious conviction, use such modern conveniences, but city bureaucrats were implacable.· Its aim would be to produce people with versatile musicianship and proven teaching ability, based upon religious conviction.· Friends and associates describe Starr, the son of a Baptist minister, as a man of deep religious convictions.
· He had found that since the chair discouraged emphasis, it also discouraged strong convictions.· However, I have an equally strong conviction that a balanced-budget amendment is a threat to Social Security and our economic health.· It is my strong conviction that an efficient economy and a fair society go together.· Fund managers have few strong convictions about the stock or bond markets for 1996.· Male speaker Anybody with strong convictions that what he is doing is right is bound to stir up controversy.· To do that, it takes a person of strong conviction and real guts.· Dad, mainly through his strong religious convictions, has forgiven them.
· So the trial led to the wrongful conviction of Al-Megrahi and the final betrayal of the bereaved families.
NOUN· Laws in 13 states bar 510, 000 black men from voting because of felony convictions.· His first of five felony convictions came at age 19, when he pleaded guilty to drug possession.· There currently are 13 aggravating circumstances that can be considered in felony convictions and 10 in death-penalty cases.· Failure by the parole system to learn of felony convictions and to revoke paroles.· Diaz has four prior felony convictions, including two attempted robberies, an attempted assault and a drug case.
· The former president's brother, Raul, is in prison on a murder conviction and corruption charges.· A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
· In 1789-90 the conviction rate in London was 79 percent and in the provinces 85 percent.· And LaWall assures us the conviction rate will remain high.· These trials involved 493 defendants of which 345 were convicted-a 70 per cent conviction rate.· Why is there such a gap between conviction rates and women's complaints?· Thereafter the conviction rate steadily increased, reaching twenty-five percent or more early in the twentieth century.· So why has it not led to a rise in conviction rates?· The conviction rate for these latter offences rose from around five percent in the 1860s to fifteen percent in the twentieth century.· One of these is to improve prosecution and conviction rates.
VERB· Widdowson appealed against conviction on the technicality that obtaining hire-purchase did not amount to obtaining services.· He appealed the conviction, but lost in June 1992.· Both men stated their intention to appeal against their convictions.· Under the new rules, state prisoners would have only one chance to appeal their convictions at the federal level.· When the three appealed against their convictions they were successful.· He is free on bail while appealing the conviction.· Lozano was allowed to remain free on bail while appealing against his conviction.· He appealed against conviction, submitting that the trial judge's decision was wrong in law.
· Its aim would be to produce people with versatile musicianship and proven teaching ability, based upon religious conviction.· His shifting standpoints, however, were invariably based on genuine conviction.
· Nor is there textual evidence which carries any conviction.· I tried to argue, Holmes, but somehow my words carried insufficient conviction.· Internationalists had their explanations for that, of course, but these failed to carry conviction in the face of the facts.· Probably she had found a sufficient stock of unused paper in the attic - yellowed enough with age to carry conviction.· It had to carry conviction with a better educated, more discriminating public.· Firmly distanced from the levers of power, the liberal parties were unable to carry conviction among their potential constituents.· The refusal also makes the Government incapable of carrying conviction in its overall economic policy.· The reader may not be persuaded by some of the cases, but the whole mass of them carries conviction.
· He often expressed his conviction that a closed society is an anachronism in a global society.
· I don't wish to upset her, but sometimes it is only right to follow one's own convictions.· Courtney was jailed for seven years on November 30 following his conviction for two rapes and two indecent assaults.
· Such works demean religious believers and hold up their convictions to contempt.· Like fighters, those who flee tend to hold firm convictions about how progress and growth ought to be achieved.· The text of the Botanical Cabinet, combining scientific information with pious observations, reflected Loddiges's deeply held religious convictions.· It was held that the conviction should be quashed.
· But away from the controlling mythology of the Western, his blood-dimmed vision lacked the same conviction.· The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.· But the letter, a social obligation too promptly performed, had lacked conviction.· One major factor, of course, was that the possible alternatives seemed enfeebled and lacking in conviction.· The trouble with this remarkable change of character is that Swayze simply lacks conviction.· There is no iron in the new faith because it lacks personal conviction.· Now, fortunately, the worst lack all conviction too.· But it must be admitted that the interpretation of the earlier building as a temple lacks conviction.
· So the trial led to the wrongful conviction of Al-Megrahi and the final betrayal of the bereaved families.· Last year, 114 cases with 236 victims and more than $ 18 million in estimated rip-offs led to 11 criminal convictions.· Now store owner Paul Harper has offered a £500 reward for information leading to a conviction.· In 1994, a major trial involving bribes paid by subsidiaries of Ferruzzi Finanziaria SpA in 1990 led to numerous convictions.· The commission accepts that the basic offence might not lead to many convictions.· The testimony of one witness led to his conviction.· Now Fairworld is offering a reward for information which leads to the conviction of the thieves.· Rewards totalling £20,000 have been offered for information leading to the conviction of those responsible.
· If both remain silent, or each accuses the other, it is impossible in law to obtain a conviction against either.
· The appeal court, overturning this conviction, found him guilty only on what was described as the lesser charge of genocide.· An appeals court overturned the convictions in 1979.· The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal overturned his conviction for wounding one of the teenagers, who later died.· Growing pressure for democratic change On Oct. 3 the Appeal Court overturned the conviction and sentencing of two prominent political prisoners.· Reza Eslaminia, 35, is taking his last shot at overturning his 1988 conviction.· A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
· The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction, declaring that the subjective definition was necessary.· The Court of Appeal quashed the conviction because the judge had directed the jury in Caldwell terms.· Today at Aylesbury Crown Court they asked a judge to quash those convictions.· The Court of Appeal quashed his conviction.· But the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction and accepted that the woman probably faked her injuries and fabricated the allegations.· When the defendant appealed, the Court of Appeal upheld that submission and quashed his convictions.· But in July the Appeal Court quashed the conviction and ordered a second trial.· The Court therefore excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police and went on to quash Samuel's conviction for armed robbery.
· A criminal case that resulted in four convictions at London's Southwark Crown Court last month illustrates why this reputation survives.· The prosecutions that did not end until this year resulted in 14 convictions and guilty pleas.· Judges granted around a third, resulting in 582 convictions.· Of 4, 767 domestic violence cases, only 11 percent resulted in conviction.· Jonathan Aitken escaped the total destruction of his career, which might well have resulted from a conviction.· Thirty-one cases were tried, many with more than one defendant, resulting in thirty-one convictions and seventeen acquittals.· Twenty-one cases were tried, resulting in the conviction of twenty-eight defendants and fourteen acquittals.
· If the other evidence was good enough they could secure a conviction on that alone.· But could they ever secure a conviction on that basis against an heir to the throne?· But to secure a conviction they must show prove the culprits are professional dealers.· But they need strong evidence to secure a conviction.· The Crown Prosecution Service decided there was insufficient evidence to secure a conviction.· The testimony of the former Wedtech president, Anthony Guariglia, was instrumental in securing Wallach's conviction.
· Wilsonians and Jacksonians share the conviction that, if we have enough will, we can remake the world.· Some criminals seem to share that conviction.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable] a very strong belief or opinionreligious/political etc convictions- Larry displayed the courage of his convictions by saying no to his supervisor.
- All claims by the employee, whether they be for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal or redundancy are claims against the vendor.
- Every wrongful imprisonment could lead to a civil lawsuit against the city.
- He issued a writ claiming damages for wrongful dismissal.
- Now he is being tried for kidnapping, wrongful imprisonment and bodily injury.
- One point to clear up immediately is the widespread confusion between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal.
- So the trial led to the wrongful conviction of Al-Megrahi and the final betrayal of the bereaved families.
- The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.
- What do you stand to gain in a wrongful dismissal case?
a woman of strong political convictionsdeep/strong conviction The Dotens have a deep conviction that marriage is for life.conviction that The students possess the conviction that they can make a difference to their community.2[uncountable] the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubtswith/without conviction He was able to say with conviction that he had changed. ‘No,’ she said, without conviction. It was a reasonable explanation, but his voice lacked conviction. It took her so much effort to speak that what she said carried great conviction (=showed she felt sure of what she said).3[countable, uncountable] a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or the process of proving that someone is guilty OPP acquittal: They had no previous convictions. Applicants are checked for criminal convictions.conviction for This was her third conviction for theft. the trial and conviction of Jimmy Malone → have the courage of your convictions at courage(2)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + convictiona criminal conviction· Jason already had a criminal conviction for theft.a murder/manslaughter/fraud etc conviction· He lost his job following a drugs conviction.a previous/prior conviction (=a crime someone was found guilty of in the past)· The man had five previous convictions for being drunk and disorderly.a wrongful conviction (=a guilty verdict that was wrong)· The trial led to the men's wrongful conviction.verbshave a conviction for something· You must declare whether you have any convictions.lead to a conviction· They offered a reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer.obtain/secure a conviction (=make someone be found guilty)· The prosecution had obtained a conviction based on false evidence.appeal against conviction (=ask a court of law to change it)· The men intend to appeal against their convictions.quash/overturn a conviction (=officially say that it was wrong)· The Court of Appeal quashed their convictions.uphold a conviction (=officially say that it was right)· The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.