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单词 felonry
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felonry

/ˈfɛlənri /
noun Australian historical
Convicts and ex-convicts regarded as a social class: the felonry have become rampant and insolent...
  • Britain's colonial policy was shaped by a desire to limit the evil effects of the felonry on Maori.
  • Historians paid considerable attention to the circumstances that created this unwanted felonry.
  • It was almost a game the Criminal Investigation Department played with the felonry, with both parties knowing where, sooner or later, the spotlight of police attention would fall.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from felon1 + -ry.

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