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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. Nick Hanna:

    Mr. Zuberi circumvented laws designed to insulate U.S. policy and our election process from foreign intervention, this investigation has halted his illegal conduct, will result in several felony convictions, and could send him to prison for a lengthy period of time.

  2. Andrea Buera:

    We are delighted at the news that Trey Songz has been arrested for felony domestic assault against my client Andrea Buera, andrea will fully cooperate with the investigation and is ready, willing, and able to testify at trial, should that be necessary. We urge any witnesses to contact the Los Angeles police.

  3. Javier Campos:

    I locked my kids in the basement. I did not do it to hurt them, but I was trying to do it because I did not want them to make a big mess when I was gone, i am faced with a level six felony of neglect to my kids, which I understand. I made mistakes.

  4. Pat Barber:

    It’s unconscionable to me that teachers would be put in a position that their good deed of providing classroom libraries for their students in order to instill the love of reading could possibly result in a felony.

  5. 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.


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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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