felonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfel.ən/us/ˈfel.ən/specializeda person who is guilty of a serious crime
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Criminals - general words
- abet
- accessory
- accomplice
- crook
- culprit
- delinquent
- first offender
- gangland
- juvenile delinquent
- lawbreaker
- lowlife
- malefactor
- outlaw
- perp
- perpetrator
- probationer
- recidivist
- transgress
- wanted
- wrongdoer
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Examples from literature
- A felon who brought two buyers or receivers to justice was to be pardoned.
- He felt that he was branded as a felon.
- I didn't relish being conveyed from place to place, like a felon changing prisons, at somebody else's expense.
- If one is caught again begging, he shall be deemed a felon.
- You will honor, she questioned, bitterly, "the daughter of a felon?"