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