"felonize" meaning in All languages combined

See felonize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: felonizes [present, singular, third-person], felonizing [participle, present], felonized [participle, past], felonized [past]
Etymology: felony + -ize Etymology templates: {{suf|en|felony|ize}} felony + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} felonize (third-person singular simple present felonizes, present participle felonizing, simple past and past participle felonized)
  1. To classify a crime as a felony.
    Sense id: en-felonize-en-verb-2d0UKg-2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 76 24
  2. To classify a person as a felon.
    Sense id: en-felonize-en-verb-Iov8zQQ2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: de-felonize, re-felonize Related terms: criminalize, misdemeanorize, outlaw

Inflected forms

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