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fel·o·ny

(fĕl′ə-nē)

n. pl. fel·o·nies Law

1. One of several serious crimes, such as murder, rape, or robbery, punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor.

2. Any of several crimes in early English law that were punishable by forfeiture of land or goods and by capital or other serious punishment.

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felony

(ˈfɛlənɪ)

n, pl -nies

(Law) (formerly) a serious crime, such as murder or arson. All distinctions between felony and misdemeanour were abolished in England and Wales in 1967

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fel•o•ny

(ˈfɛl ə ni)

n., pl. -nies.

1. an offense of graver character than a misdemeanor and usu. punished by imprisonment for more than one year.

2. Early Eng. Law. any crime punishable by death or mutilation and forfeiture of goods.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French]

felony

A serious crime, such as murder or rape. Compare misdemeanor.

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Noun

felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

seizure, capture - the act of taking of a person by force

racketeering - engaging in a racket

bribery, graft - the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving - the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

extortion - the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

burglary - entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

felony

noun crime, offence, misdemeanour, transgression, job (informal), wrong, fault, outrage, atrocity, violation, trespass, misdeed, unlawful act, malfeasance He pleaded guilty to six felonies.

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felony

noun

Law. A serious breaking of the public law:

crime, illegality, misdeed, offense.

Translations

جِنايَه، جَريمَه كُبْرى

težký zločin

forbrydelse

Schwerverbrechen

κακούργημα

crime

fõbenjáró bûn

glæpur

crimine delitto reato grave

grov forbrytelse

ağır suç

重罪

felony

[ˈfelənɪ] N (Jur) → crimen m, delito m grave

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felony

[ˈfɛləni] n → crime m, forfait m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

felony

n → (schweres) Verbrechen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

felony

[ˈfɛlənɪ] n (Law) → reato, crimine m

felon

(ˈfelən) noun

a person who is guilty of a serious crime.

ˈfelony – plural ˈfelonies – noun

a serious crime. He committed a felony.

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THE SECOND class of powers, lodged in the general government, consists of those which regulate the intercourse with foreign nations, to wit: to make treaties; to send and receive ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; to regulate foreign commerce, including a power to prohibit, after the year 1808, the importation of slaves, and to lay an intermediate duty of ten dollars per head, as a discouragement to such importations.

The power to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations, belongs with equal propriety to the general government, and is a still greater improvement on the articles of Confederation.

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'Yet, if you'll read his letter, you'll find he is the tenderest of men to prisoners convicted of the whole calendar of felonies,' said I; 'though I can't find that his tenderness extends to any other class of created beings.'

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A meeting of Taiwan's Cabinet on Thursday passed a criminal law amendment bill that aims to address certain issues, the most notable of which is to seek the elimination of the 30-year statutory time limit on prosecution of certain felonies.

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