felony (noun)

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• felony — noun (AmE) ADJECTIVE ▪ federal ▪ serious ▪ first degree, second degree, third degree ▪ aggravated ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• felony — ► NOUN (pl. felonies) ▪ a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded in the US and other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour. DERIVATIVES felonious adjective feloniously adverb …   English terms dictionary

• felony — fel·o·ny / fe lə nē/ n pl nies: a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor; specif: a federal crime for which the punishment may be death or imprisonment for more than a year see also attainder,… …   Law dictionary

• felony — fel‧o‧ny [ˈfeləni] noun felonies PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] LAW a serious crime such as murder: • Citizens had a legal duty to reveal felonies known to them. • He will answer charges of felony. • The U.S. Attorney s Office indicted the… …   Financial and business terms

• felony — noun (plural nies) Date: 14th century 1. an act on the part of a feudal vassal involving the forfeiture of his fee 2. a. a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• felony — noun A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. See Also: felon, felonious …   Wiktionary

• felony — noun (plural felonies) a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour. Derivatives felonious adjective feloniously adverb …   English new terms dictionary

• felony — noun (C, U) law a serious crime such as murder compare misdemeanour (2) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• felony — UK [ˈfelənɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms felony : singular felony plural felonies legal mainly American a serious crime such as murder or robbery See: misdemeanour …   English dictionary

• treason felony — noun : an offense under English law partaking of the nature of treason (as devising by overt act to depose or levy war against the sovereign to compel changes of policy or to intimidate or overawe Parliament) and usually involving life… …   Useful english dictionary

• felony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crime (see illegality). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. major crime, offense, transgression; see crime 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. crime, serious crime, offense, atrocity, evil, sin, violation,… …   English dictionary for students