"felony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛ.lə.ni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-felony.wav , En-us-felony.oga Forms: felonies [plural]
enPR: fĕ'lə-nē Etymology: From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|felony}} Middle English felony, {{der|en|fro|felonie||evil, immoral deed}} Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic Head templates: {{en-noun}} felony (plural felonies)
  1. (law, criminology, US, historical in UK) 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. Wikipedia link: felony Tags: US, historical Categories (topical): Criminology, Law Synonyms: fellonie Derived forms: composition of a felony, felony murder, felony murder rule, felony stop, felony traffic stop Related terms: felon, felonious, felonize, misdemeanor (english: less serious crime) Translations (a serious criminal offense): جِنَايَة (jināya) [feminine] (Arabic), جناية (jināya) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), углавно престъпление (uglavno prestǎplenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 重罪 (zhòngzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), trestný čin [masculine] (Czech), závažný trestný čin [masculine] (Czech), misdrijf [Netherlands, neuter] (Dutch), misdaad [Belgium, feminine] (Dutch), törkeä rikos (Finnish), crime [masculine] (French), Verbrechen (english: defined similarly to “felony”) [neuter] (German), schwere Straftat [feminine, informal, synonym] (German), Schwerverbrechen [neuter] (German), Schwerstverbrechen [neuter] (German), Kapitalverbrechen [augmented, informal, neuter] (German), κακούργημα (kakoúrgima) [neuter] (Greek), פֶּשַׁע (pésha') (Hebrew), (súlyos) bűncselekmény (Hungarian), bűntett (Hungarian), delitto [masculine] (Italian), reato [masculine] (Italian), 重罪 (jūzai) (alt: じゅうざい) (Japanese), 중죄 (jungjoe) (Korean), taihara (Maori), Vebräakjen [neuter] (Plautdietsch), ciężkie przestępstwo [neuter] (Polish), zbrodnia [feminine] (Polish), crime grave [masculine] (Portuguese), преступле́ние (prestuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), тя́жкое уголо́вное преступле́ние (tjážkoje ugolóvnoje prestuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), тя́жкое преступле́ние (tjážkoje prestuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), уголо́вное преступле́ние (ugolóvnoje prestuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), фело́ния (felónija) [feminine] (Russian), фелони́я (feloníja) [feminine] (Russian), crimen [masculine] (Spanish), delito [masculine] (Spanish), felonía [US, feminine] (Spanish), feloni [common-gender] (Swedish), pagkakasala (Tagalog), ffeloniaeth [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
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        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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      "word": "fellonie"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jināya",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhòngzuì",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "重罪"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trestný čin"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "závažný trestný čin"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
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      "word": "misdrijf"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
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      "word": "misdaad"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "törkeä rikos"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "crime"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "defined similarly to “felony”",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verbrechen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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        "synonym"
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      "word": "schwere Straftat"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Schwerverbrechen"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Schwerstverbrechen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
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      "word": "Kapitalverbrechen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakoúrgima",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κακούργημα"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pésha'",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "פֶּשַׁע"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "(súlyos) bűncselekmény"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "bűntett"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうざい",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūzai",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "重罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jungjoe",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "중죄"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "taihara"
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Vebräakjen"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ciężkie przestępstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zbrodnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crime grave"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestuplénije",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преступле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjážkoje ugolóvnoje prestuplénije",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тя́жкое уголо́вное преступле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjážkoje prestuplénije",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тя́жкое преступле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugolóvnoje prestuplénije",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уголо́вное преступле́ние"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "felónija",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фело́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "feloníja",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фелони́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "felonía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "feloni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "word": "pagkakasala"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a serious criminal offense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffeloniaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "felony"
}

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