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felonious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• fə-lō'nē-əs
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Etymology

From Middle English *felonious (implied in feloniously; compare felonous); equivalent to felony + -ous.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
   • O thievish Night, / Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, / In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars? 1637, John Milton, Comus:
   • The defendant must show that any bail money he hopes to post did not come from the felonious means.
2. Done with intent to commit a crime.
   • felonious homicide
   • First, as felony prosecutor, I prosecute high-level felonies including homicides; sexual assaults; child endangerings; shootings and other felonious assaults; and media cases. 2015, Kenneth J. Peak, Pamela M. Everett, Introduction to Criminal Justice: Practice and Process:

Forms

Deriveds

nonfelonious · feloniousness · feloniously · unfelonious · infelonious

Relateds

misdemeanourous · criminal · felonization · felonize · felon

Synonyms

perfidious · malicious · traitorous · malignant · villainous

Translations (10)

de verbrecherisch (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony) · ru престу́пный (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony) · de verbrecherhaft (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony) · bg престъпен (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony) · bg углавен (done with intent to commit a crime) · es intencionado (done with intent to commit a crime) · hu szándékosan elkövetett (done with intent to commit a crime) · hu bűnös (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony) · hu büntetendő (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony) · hu szándékos (done with intent to commit a crime)