Synonyms for FELONY
ˈfɛl ə nifelony

Princeton's WordNet

1. felonynoun

   a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

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1. • Crime

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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. Rick Santorum:

   Felony records (are) making it very difficult for folks to get jobs coming back out of prisons. It is a serious problem.

2. Aaron Sojourner:

   Between 1980 and 2010, the share of Americans with a felony record tripled... the product of the rise in war on drugs and mass incarceration, there's just a lot more people in our communities now who have that experience and have that barrier than there used to be.

3. Scott Wiener:

   Right now HIV is singled out for uniquely harsh treatment as a felony.

4. Jonathan Hatami:

   George is trying to explain his way out of not doing his job. It’s not working, we all see through his false ‘data and science.’ The appropriate charges should have been two counts of PC 245(a)(1) Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon to wit Automobile, one count of felony hit-and-run, and one count of felony unlawful taking of vehicle.

5. Todd Spitzer:

   When I was a prosecutor, the law behind possession was a felony, we would use the hammer under the law of a felony. We would force someone into treatment and upon successful treatment, the felony would be dismissed. Now look what we have as a result of ridiculous short-sighted liberalization of drug use.