Collocations for "conviction"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "conviction" in context.
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conviction
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [wrongful, lawful] conviction (for)
- will [appeal, fight] the conviction
- conviction for the [murder, crime, fraud]
- conviction for possession of [contraband, drugs]
- The conviction was for [ten, twenty] years.
- a [twenty] -year conviction
- the [corresponding, related, pursuant] conviction
- was [said, done, spoken, decided] with conviction
- [spoke] with conviction (about)
- [said] it out of conviction
- a [firm, solid, total] conviction
- it is my [firm] conviction that
- she is of the conviction that
- a strong [feeling, sense] of conviction
- cannot [tell, say] with any conviction (that)
'conviction' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
appeal
- basis
- certainty
- claim
- deeply
- doubt
- felony
- foresee
- indictment
- lack
- limp
- preclude
- prosecution
- sustain
- widespread