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 Definitions of felony  [ˈfɛl ə ni]  

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Definition of 'felony' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

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

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < AF, OF)

Definition of 'felony' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) felony
a serious crime (such as murder or arson)


Definition of 'felony' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) felony
an act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture

2. (noun) felony
an offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt

3. (noun) felony
a heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment


Definitions of 'felony' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  felony
"a crime which involves a total forfeiture of lands or goods or both, to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt."


Translation of 'felony' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a serious crime
He committed a felony.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ernstige misdaad Arabic flag Arabic: جِنايَه، جَريمَه كُبْرى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: углавно престъпление
Brazilian flag Brazilian: crime Czech flag Czech: těžký zločin German flag German: das Schwerverbrechen
Danish flag Danish: forbrydelse Greek flag Greek: έγκλημα, κακούργημα Spanish flag Spanish: crimen
Estonian flag Estonian: roim Farsi flag Farsi: جنایت Finnish flag Finnish: rikos
French flag French: crime Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶּשַע Hindi flag Hindi: महापराध
Croatian flag Croatian: zločin, krivično djelo Hungarian flag Hungarian: főbenjáró bűn Indonesian flag Indonesian: kejahatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (alvarlegur) glæpur Italian flag Italian: crimine Japanese flag Japanese: 重罪
Korean flag Korean: 중죄 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sunkus nusikaltimas Latvian flag Latvian: kriminālnoziegums
Malay flag Malay: jenayah serius Dutch flag Dutch: misdaad Norwegian flag Norwegian: grov forbrytelse
Polish flag Polish: przestępstwo Persian flag Persian: جنایت Pashto flag Pashto: جنايت، جرم
Portuguese flag Portuguese: crime Romanian flag Romanian: crimă Russian flag Russian: уголовное преступление
Slovak flag Slovak: zločin Slovenian flag Slovenian: zločin Serbian flag Serbian: prekršaj
Swedish flag Swedish: grovt brott Thai flag Thai: อาชญากรรม Turkish flag Turkish: ağır suç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 重罪 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кримінальний злочин Urdu flag Urdu: شدید اور سنگین جرم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tội nghiêm trọng Chinese flag Chinese: 重罪

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