felony

CEFRC1

/ˈfɛləni/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A serious crime, usually punished by imprisonment.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

Examples

  • Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

  • Throwing eggs is a felony if the damage done by the eggs exceeds 400$.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

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In context

  • First, as felony prosecutor, I prosecute high-level felonies including homicides; sexual assaults; child endangerings; shootings and other felonious assaults; and media cases.

  • There ſhall be in England, ſeuen halfe peny Loaues ſold for a peny: the three hoop'd pot, ſhall haue ten hoopes, and I vvill make it Fellony to drink ſmall Beere.

  • Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon. By surface analysis, felon + -y.