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Synonyms for felony
ˈfɛl ə nifelony

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. felonynoun

    a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

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  1. felonynoun

    Synonyms:
    crime (punishable by death or by imprisonment), high crime, heinous crime, gross offence

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  1. List of paraphrases for "felony":

    crime, offence

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  1. James Peaco III:

    If it's just clueless or careless, we'll either issue a citation or even just warn them off and tell them not to do it, if they've done something very egregious and really interrupted operations or they refuse to comply, then we have federal felony charges that we can apply to the situation.

  2. Christopher Peterson:

    You have the arresting warrant that's claiming that this felony warrant applies to Lee Brown, when in fact that's not accurate. So that's the first failing.

  3. Stephen Breyer:

    The problem with trying to separate misdemeanor and felony is that different states have different rules and different crimes that count as misdemeanors.

  4. Jeff Copeland:

    It really irritates me that she came here and committed a felony, people are coming here because there is opportunity here. But when they come here and commit crimes, that’s where you’ve got to draw the line.

  5. Van Gilder:

    I ’m charged with a felony, that could ruin my life. That could hurt my pension that I spent 34 years acquiring. And I could n’t vote. It’s not right, it’s not fair.


Translations for felony

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  • جنايةArabic
  • углавно престъплениеBulgarian
  • trestný čin, závažný trestný činCzech
  • forbrydelseDanish
  • schwere Straftat, Verbrechen, Schwerverbrechen, Schwerstverbrechen, KapitalverbrechenGerman
  • κακούργημαGreek
  • delito, felonía, crimenSpanish
  • törkeä rikosFinnish
  • crimeFrench
  • feileonachtIrish
  • 重罪Japanese
  • 중죄Korean
  • taiharaMāori
  • zwaar misdrijfDutch
  • ciężkie przestępstwo, zbrodniaPolish
  • crimePortuguese
  • crimăRomanian
  • уголовное преступление, тяжкое преступление, фелония, тяжкое уголовное преступление, преступлениеRussian

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