Definition of felon Felon
/fɛˈlʌn/ - [felun] - fel•on
We found 12 definitions of felon from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: felons |
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| felon - a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail | ||
| whitlow | ||
| felon - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | ||
| criminal, crook, outlaw, malefactor | ||
| principal the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account | ||
| accessary, accessory a supplementary component that improves capability | ||
| 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 a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | ||
| hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, goon, toughie, tough, punk, hood substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks) | ||
| gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly | ||
| kidnaper, kidnapper, abductor, 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 | ||
| manslayer, murderer, liquidator a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | ||
| parolee, probationer someone released on probation or on parole | ||
| drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | ||
| 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 lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | ||
| scofflaw one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | ||
| contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, smuggler, runner 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 | ||
| treasonist, traitor someone who betrays his country by committing treason | ||
| law offender, lawbreaker, violator someone who assaults others sexually | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- felon (a.)
A person who has committed a felony. - felon (a.)
A person guilty or capable of heinous crime. - felon (a.)
A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint. - felon (a.)
Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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felon
A person convicted of a serious crime which carries serious fines and / or jail time or imprisonment, usually for longer than one year.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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felon
fel′on, n. one guilty of felony: a convict: a wicked person: an inflamed sore.—adj. wicked or cruel.—adj. Felō′nious, wicked: depraved: done with the deliberate intention to commit crime.—adv. Felō′niously.—n. Felō′niousness, the quality of being felonious.—adj. Fel′onous (Spens.), felonious.—ns. Fel′onry, a body of felons; Fel′ony, (orig.) a crime punished by total forfeiture of lands, &c.: a grave crime, beyond a misdemeanour, as that punishable by penal servitude or death. [O. Fr.,—Low L. fellonem, fello, a traitor, prob. L. fel, gall.]
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🔤- felon, noun, singular of felons.
- felon, adjective.
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