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felon

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fel·on 1  (fln)
n.
1. Law One who has committed a felony.
2. Archaic An evil person.
adj. Archaic
Evil; cruel.

[Middle English feloun, from Old French felon, wicked, a wicked person, from Medieval Latin fell, felln-, possibly of Germanic origin.]

felon
Noun
Criminal law (formerly) a person who committed a serious crime [Old French: villain]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.felonfelon - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
accessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime
arsonist, firebug, incendiary - a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist - a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
bootlegger, moonshiner - someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
briber, suborner - someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act
coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter - a member of a conspiracy
desperado, desperate criminal - a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
fugitive from justice, fugitive - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
gangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang
highbinder - a corrupt politician
highjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie, goon, tough - an aggressive and violent young criminal
gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird - a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
mafioso - a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
gangster's moll, gun moll, moll - the girlfriend of a gangster
liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
principal - (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
parolee, probationer - someone released on probation or on parole
drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher - an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
racketeer - someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
raper, rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater - someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
scofflaw - one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, runner, smuggler - someone who imports or exports without paying duties
stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason
law offender, lawbreaker, violator - someone who violates the law
2.felon - a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Translations

felon [ˈfɛlən] ncriminal m/f
felon [ˈfɛlən] n (Law) → criminel(le)
felon [ˈfɛlən] n (Law) → (Schwer)verbrecher m
felon [ˈfɛlən] n (LAW) → criminale m/f

felon
n felon [ˈfelən]
a person who is guilty of a serious crime. misdadiger, skurkمُجْرِمпрестъпникzločinecforbryderder Schwerverbrecherεγκληματίαςcriminalkurjategijaمجرم؛ تبهکارrikollinencriminel/-elleפּוֹשֵׁעमहापराधीpočinitelj krivičnog djela, zločinacbűnöspenjahatglæpamaður, afbrotamaðurcriminale重罪犯人중죄인sunkus nusikaltėliskriminālnoziedzniekspenjenayahmisdadigerfarlig forbryterprzestępcacriminosocriminalуголовный преступникzločinechudodelecprestupnikgrov brottslingอาชญากรร้ายแรงsuçlu重罪犯, 蛇頭карний злочинецьسنگین جرم کا مرتکب شخصngười phạm tội nghiêm trọng,
n ˈfelony
a serious crime He committed a felony.ernstige misdaadجِنايَه، جَريمَه كُبْرىуглавно престъплениеtěžký zločinforbrydelsedas Schwerverbrechenέγκλημα, κακούργημαcrimenroimجنایتtörkeä rikoscrimeפֶּשַעमहापराधzločin, krivično djelofőbenjáró bűnkejahatan(alvarlegur) glæpurcrimine重罪중죄sunkus nusikaltimaskriminālnoziegumsjenayah seriusmisdaadgrov forbrytelseprzestępstwocrimecrimăуголовное преступлениеzločinzločinprekršajgrovt brottอาชญากรรมağır suç重罪кримінальний злочинشدید اور سنگین جرمtội nghiêm trọng

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Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and dies a Penitent.
In regard to Sophia, it is more than probable that we shall somewhere or other provide a good husband for her in the end--either Blifil, or my lord, or somebody else; but as to poor Jones, such are the calamities in which he is at present involved, owing to his imprudence, by which if a man doth not become felon to the world, he is at least a
The first is shooting you; the second is making a felon of you.
 
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