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Definition of Felon
1. Noun. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
Specialized synonyms: Accessary, Accessory, Arsonist, Firebug, Incendiary, Blackmailer, Extortioner, Extortionist, Bootlegger, Moonshiner, Briber, Suborner, Coconspirator, Conspirator, Machinator, Plotter, Desperado, Desperate Criminal, Fugitive, Fugitive From Justice, Gangster, Mobster, Highbinder, Highjacker, Hijacker, Goon, Hood, Hoodlum, Punk, Strong-armer, Thug, Tough, Toughie, Gaolbird, Jail Bird, Jailbird, Abductor, Kidnaper, Kidnapper, Snatcher, Mafioso, Gangster's Moll, Gun Moll, Moll, Liquidator, Manslayer, Murderer, Parolee, Probationer, Drug Dealer, Drug Peddler, Drug Trafficker, Peddler, Pusher, Racketeer, Raper, Rapist, Habitual Criminal, Recidivist, Repeater, Scofflaw, Contrabandist, Moon Curser, Moon-curser, Runner, Smuggler, Stealer, Thief, Traitor, Treasonist, Law Offender, Lawbreaker, Violator
Generic synonyms: Principal
Specialized synonyms: Billie The Kid, Bonney, William H. Bonney, James, Jesse James, Macgregor, Rob Roy, Robert Macgregor
Derivative terms: Criminalize, Outlaw, Outlaw, Outlaw
2. Noun. A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.
Definition of Felon
1. n. A person who has committed a felony.
2. a. Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
Definition of Felon
1. Noun. A person convicted of a felony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felon
1. a person who has committed a felony [n -S]
Medical Definition of Felon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Felon
Literary usage of Felon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1904)
"If the goods of a good and lawful man be among the goods of a felon, being
perchance bailed to him, if the owner of the goods can prove them his by good and ..."
2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"A felon of himself; a self-murderer. See SUICIDE. felon. One convicted and
sentenced for a felony. Л felon is infamous, and cannot fill any office or become ..."
3. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1824)
"And in all cases, where the felon had an estate not impeachable for wast : As,
if he was seized ... Though a felon being indicted have a charter of pardon. ..."
4. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"THE FAITH OF A felon. From ' The Irish felon,1 July 8, 1848. Here, then, is the
confession and faith of a felon. Years ago I perceived that the English ..."
5. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1882)
"It w no justification for a libel which calls a man " a felon editor " to ...
Tht same holds of a libel that calls a man " a convicted felon," if a jury ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To which is Appended by Francis Wharton (1875)
"The defendant must know that the felon is guilty; 5 and this, therefore, is always
averred in the indictment.6 And though it seems to have been doubted ..."
7. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"this subject, is of one who was indicted " for having received a Whereupon it is
said by Shard, " If one receive a felon in favour " and aid of the felony, ..."
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