单词 | felony |
释义 | felony (once / 1906 pages) n A felony is a serious crime, like murder, arson, or burglary. Fashion critics may think that wearing white shoes after Labor Day is a felony, but it isn’t really. A felony is sometimes called a "high crime" because it's so serious. A felony differs from a misdemeanor in the amount of punishment someone gets when convicted. In the United States, a felony is a crime that has a sentence of more than a year in prison. A year or less in jail means the crime is just a misdemeanor. If you're convicted of a felony, even after you serve your time you may be denied certain rights and privileges. WORD FAMILYfelony: felonies, felonious+/felonious: feloniously USAGE EXAMPLESThey host initial appearances, set bail amounts and handle probable cause hearings in felony cases. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In the days that followed, Galarza called his lawyer, who told him the felony on his record was likely the result of a clerical error. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) A third strike would be a felony punishable by up to a year in prison. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a serious crime (such as murder or arson) Hypo|Hyper capture, seizure the act of taking of a person by force racketeeringengaging in a racket bribery, graftthe practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thievingthe act of taking something from someone unlawfully extortionthe felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) burglaryentering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property breach of trust with fraudulent intentlarceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking abductionthe criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife kidnapping, snatch(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment barratrythe crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery commercial briberybribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculationthe fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else pilferagethe act of stealing small amounts or small articles shoplifting, shrinkagethe act of stealing goods that are on display in a store robberylarceny by threat of violence biopiracybiological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use grand larceny, grand theftlarceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale) petit larceny, petty, petty larcenylarceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) skimmingfailure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it blackmailextortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information protection, tributepayment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence shakedownextortion of money (as by blackmail) break-in, breaking and entering, housebreakingtrespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent rustlingthe stealing of cattle crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act |
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