felon (redirected from Felons)

fel·on ¹  (fln)

n.

1. Law One who has committed a felony.

2. Archaic An evil person.

adj. Archaic

Evil; cruel.

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

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fel·on ²  (fln)

n.

A painful purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail. Also called whitlow.

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[Middle English feloun, probably from Latin fel, gall, bile; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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felon

Noun

Criminal law (formerly) a person who committed a serious crime [Old French: villain]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	felon - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw 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 whitlow infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

Translations

felon [ˈfɛlən] n → criminal m/f

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felon [ˈfɛlən] n (Law) → criminel(le)

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felon [ˈfɛlən] n (Law) → (Schwer)verbrecher m

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felon [ˈfɛlən] n (LAW) → criminale m/f

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felon

n felon [ˈfelən]

a person who is guilty of a serious crime. misdadiger, skurk مُجْرِم престъпник zločinec forbryder der Schwerverbrecher εγκληματίας criminal kurjategija مجرم؛ تبهکار rikollinen criminel/-elle פּוֹשֵׁע महापराधी počinitelj krivičnog djela, zločinac bűnös penjahat glæpamaður, afbrotamaður criminale 重罪犯人 중죄인 sunkus nusikaltėlis kriminālnoziedznieks penjenayah misdadiger farlig forbryter przestępca criminoso criminal уголовный преступник zločinec hudodelec prestupnik grov brottsling อาชญากรร้ายแรง suçlu 重罪犯, 蛇頭 карний злочинець سنگین جرم کا مرتکب شخص người phạm tội nghiêm trọng 重罪犯, 蛇头

n felony

a serious crime He committed a felony. ernstige misdaad جِنايَه، جَريمَه كُبْرى углавно престъпление těžký zločin forbrydelse das Schwerverbrechen έγκλημα, κακούργημα crimen roim جنایت törkeä rikos crime פֶּשַע महापराध zločin, krivično djelo főbenjáró bűn kejahatan (alvarlegur) glæpur crimine 重罪 중죄 sunkus nusikaltimas kriminālnoziegums jenayah serius misdaad grov forbrytelse przestępstwo crime crimă уголовное преступление zločin zločin prekršaj grovt brott อาชญากรรม ağır suç 重罪 кримінальний злочин شدید اور سنگین جرم tội nghiêm trọng 重罪