Definitions for felonious
fəˈloʊ ni əsfelo·nious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. criminal, feloniousadjective

   involving or being or having the nature of a crime

   "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"

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1. feloniousadjective

   Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; being, relating to, or concerning felony

   O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars? - w:John Milton

2. feloniousadjective

   done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Feloniousadjective

   Wicked; traitorous; villanous; malignant; perfidious; destructive.

   Etymology: from felon.

   This man conceived the duke’s death; but what was the motive of that felonious conception is in the clouds. Henry Wotton.

   O thievish night!
   Why should’st thou, but for some felonious end,
   In thy dark lanthorn thus close up the stars
   That nature hung in heav’n, and fill’d the lamps
   With everlasting oil, to give due light
   To the misled and lonely traveller? John Milton.

   In thy felonious heart though venom lies,
   It does but touch thy Irish pen and dies. Dryden.

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1. felonious

   A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resulted in the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods, to which additional punishments including capital punishment could be added; other crimes were called misdemeanors. Following conviction of a felony in a court of law, a person may be described as a felon or a convicted felon. Some common law countries and jurisdictions no longer classify crimes as felonies or misdemeanors and instead use other distinctions, such as by classifying serious crimes as indictable offenses and less serious crimes as summary offenses. In the United States, where the felony/misdemeanor distinction is still widely applied, the federal government defines a felony as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. If punishable by exactly one year or less, it is classified as a misdemeanor. The classification is based upon a crime's potential sentence, so a crime remains classified as a felony even if a defendant convicted of a felony receives a sentence of one year or less. Some individual states classify crimes by other factors, such as seriousness or context. In some civil law jurisdictions, such as Italy and Spain, the term delict is used to describe serious offenses, a category similar to common law felony. In other nations, such as Germany, France, Belgium, and Switzerland, more serious offenses are described as crimes, while misdemeanors or delicts (or délits) are less serious. In still others (such as Brazil and Portugal), crimes and delicts are synonymous (more serious) and are opposed to contraventions (less serious).

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1. felonious

   Felonious refers to any act, behavior, or conduct that is considered a serious crime under the law and qualifies as a felony. This includes actions that are illegal, unlawful and punishable by law, typically involving prison sentencing for over a year or even a life sentence. Examples of felonious acts can include murder, rape, kidnapping, arson, fraud, among others.

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1. Feloniousadjective

   having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide

How to pronounce felonious?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of felonious in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of felonious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of felonious in a Sentence

1. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

   There are four kinds of Homicide felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=felonious
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Felonious
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=felonious
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felonious
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/felonious