Definition of felons Felons

/fɛˈlʌnz/ - [felunz] -

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What does felons mean?

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  • felons (Noun)
    Plural of felon.

Part of speech

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  • felons, noun, plural of felon.

WordNet

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Noun

Plural: felons

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

  • 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 📕

  • 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.]

Part of speech

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  • felon, noun, singular of felons.
  • felon, adjective.

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