felony
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈfɛləni/
- Specialized
:
delito grave
- They got the most minor felony that you can get.
- commit a felony
- a felony charge
- felony conviction
But even there, it's not a felony to fail to report the crime.
- But even there, it's not a felony to fail to report the crime.
- Now last year the California legislature threw out the felony murder rule and revised it.
- He has felony convictions for anti Muslim hate crimes.
- They got the most minor felony that you can get.
- He was actually, he he was convicted of felony assault.
- He is looking at felony bookkeeping fraud.
- If you cross the line of impeding us, that's a felony.
- Sad after after Trump's multiple felony convictions last week, he's really fallen on hard times.
- That's admitting to a a a felony.
- Let's just use the ex-con felony example cohort.
- Like it was it was fucking I had AI had felony, A felony assault charge.
- It's still a yeah, big, big felony charges.
Examples
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But even there, it's not a felony to fail to report the crime.
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That painting is material evidence in a felony proceeding.
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Now you have yourself a Class E, which is the lowest degree of felony in New York, but you have a felony.
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But I've never even been charged with a felony or with anything else.
Fiction book (2000) -
Over the same period, the likelihood of any future felony charges increases by 32.2%.
Academic text (2017) -
You can't photograph a government document, it's a felony.
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It alleges assault in the second degree, which is a felony in the state of New York.
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Nelson Biederman, you've been found guilty of felony assault.
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Its leaders, including Chief Obafemi Awolowo, were arrested for treasonable felony, tried, and jailed.
Academic text (1991) -
The suspect is facing a felony charge for armed robbery, which could lead to a lengthy prison sentence.
Synonyms
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1.4
An act that breaks the law and can be punished
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3.5
An action that breaks the law and can result in punishment such as jail or fines
Antonyms
How Serious
- Formal
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8.2
- Specialized
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∞
1.4
- Specialized
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6.0
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7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Felony comes from an old French word felonie, meaning a 'bad or treacherous act', and is related to the English word felon, a person who commits a serious crime. So felony today means a very serious crime, like murder or arson, usually punished by long prison time.