felonryn.
/ˈfɛlənri/, U.S. /ˈfɛlənri/ The whole body or class of felons. Originally applied to the convict population of Australia.
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1837 J. Mudie Felonry New S. Wales Introd. 6 The author has ventured to coin the word felonry as the appellative of an order or class of persons in New South Wales.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 23 Interesting White Felonry who are not idle, but have enlisted into the Devil's regiments of the line.
1858 T. McCombie Hist. Colony Victoria xv. 224 The inundation of the Australian colonies with British felonry.
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