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FELONY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A serious crime (such as murder or arson)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("felony" is a kind of...):
crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "felony"):
capture; seizure (the act of taking of a person by force)
racketeering (engaging in a racket)
bribery; graft (the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage)
larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)
extortion (the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence))
burglary (entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property)
Derivation:
felonious (involving or being or having the nature of a crime)
