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Definition of Felonry
1. n. A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony.
Definition of Felonry
1. Noun. felons as a group ¹
2. Noun. the convict population of a penal colony ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felonry
1. the whole class of felons [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felonry
Literary usage of Felonry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Felony of New South Wales: Being a Faithful Picture of the Real Romance by James Mudie (1837)
"... felonry NEW SOUTH WALES, CHAPTER I. IT is notorious, that, during the
administration of several successive governors of New South Wales, ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"6: " The author has ventured to coin the word felonry, as the appellative of an
... 24 : "The inundation of the Australian colonies with British felonry. ..."
3. Selected Speeches of Sir William Molesworth, Bart., P.C.,M.P., on Questions by William Molesworth (1903)
"In consequence of this preponderance in numbers the felonry of Van Diemen's Land
have become rampant and insolent. Relying on the authority of Lord Grey, ..."
4. The History of Tasmania by John West (1852)
"In his " felonry t " I thought them a villanous shabby set, compared with convicts
in Van Diemen's Land." " There appeared a great deal of flogging. ..."
5. The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia by Samuel Sidney (1859)
"... regularly training and educating the rising generation, it is not the amount
of native felonry that astonishes us, but that it was not universal. ..."
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