Significato di conviction in inglese

conviction

noun

/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/ us

/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/

conviction noun (CRIME)

C2 [ C or U ]

the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding someone guilty:

Since it was her first conviction for stealing, she was given a less severe sentence.

He has a long record of previous convictions for similar offences.

The conviction of the three demonstrators has caused public outrage locally.

Confronta

acquittal

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Fresh evidence has emerged that casts doubts on the men's conviction.
He got off with a fairly light sentence because it was his first conviction.
The district attorney said if McVeigh is given the death penalty and his conviction is upheld on appeal, the state prosecution would become moot.
Because of a previous conviction, the judge refused to grant bail .
His conviction was quashed in March 1986 after his counsel argued that the police evidence was a tissue of lies.

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conviction noun (OPINION)

C2 [ C or U ]

a strong opinion or belief:

religious/moral convictions

a deep/strong/lifelong conviction

[ + that ] It's my personal conviction that all rapists should be locked away for life.

[ U ]

a feeling of being certain about something:

He said he was enjoying his new job, but his voice lacked conviction.

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She had a firm conviction that they would meet again in the hereafter.
His speech carried so much conviction that I had to agree with him.
He has an irrational conviction that he is right.
Her statement that she supported the president lacked conviction.

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Opinions, beliefs and points of view

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(Definizione di conviction dal Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

conviction | Dizionario inglese americano

conviction

noun [ C/U ]

/kənˈvɪk·ʃən/

conviction noun [C/U] (BELIEF)

a strong belief that is not likely to change, or the strong feeling that your beliefs are right:

[ C ] He has no ability to communicate his convictions.

[ U ] His followers believed with varying degrees of conviction.

conviction noun [C/U] (CRIME)

the act of deciding officially in a court of law that someone is guilty of a particular crime:

[ C ] His criminal record includes convictions for robberies in several states.

(Definizione di conviction dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

conviction | Inglese per gli affari

conviction

noun

LAW

/kənˈvɪkʃən/ us

[ C ]

a decision made by a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime:

have a conviction for sth He has two previous convictions for tax evasion.

[ U ]

the process of proving in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime:

Too many defendants are escaping conviction because the case against them was poorly presented.

(Definizione di conviction dal Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Esempi di conviction

conviction

Yet so many other factors also influence epistemic convictions that purely national styles may be relatively rare.

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One problem with his conclusions derives from his use of the surviving records of convictions for indictable offences as a proxy for all crime.

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Personal conviction on its own is useless, yet within the politics of poststructuralism this is all we can call on.

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The non-jurors had just discovered the joys of disestablishment, at first through circumstance, but then through theological conviction.

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In other words, our personal moral convictions are not so badly aligned with general welfare that it would be better if they did not exist.

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Or perhaps he believes that prior to a conviction suspects should never be jailed?

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Now, no doubt the negative evaluation expressed by conviction and punishment goes well beyond the one expressed by an order to pay compensation.

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After that is done, the second ballot presents itself, and the voter settles down to his or her more serious convictions.

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It is just this dissociation between the standard predictors and convictions about democracy-in-principle that lends support to the diffuse model.

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Then we have wanted a way to warn jurors that they must not let exaggerated, hyperbolic doubts stand in the way of conviction.

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Despite conspicuous nationalist convictions, the tenentes had no clear goals in foreign policy.

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These dialogues are crafted with great subtlety conveying, at the same time, convictions of truth and falsehood, choice and manipulation, decision and deception.

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In the end, the solution to the mystery, if it is in the least unconventional, exposes narrowly conventional convictions as partial, as misguided, as insufcient.

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The high court rejected this and set aside the conviction.

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In this conviction, secondary materials are considered no different from other intermediary or final goods.

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Collocazioni con conviction

conviction

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absolute conviction

Yet even this is done with absolute conviction.

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conviction rate

Therefore, a conviction rate as high as 90 per cent certainly cries out for explanation.

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criminal conviction

Pure preemption is different from either criminal conviction or traditional civil commitment.

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Traduzioni di conviction

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Significato di conviction in inglese

conviction noun (CRIME)

conviction noun (OPINION)

conviction | Dizionario inglese americano

conviction noun [C/U] (BELIEF)

conviction noun [C/U] (CRIME)

conviction | Inglese per gli affari

Esempi di conviction

Collocazioni con conviction

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