felonynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈfel.ə.ni/us/ˈfel.ə.ni/mainly US(an example of) serious crime that can be punished by one or more years in prison:
a felony charge
He was convicted of a felony.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- netherworld
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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