1) Armed robbery 2) Arson or robbery 3) Arson or treason 4) Battery 5) Battery, at times 6) Crime 7) Fraud, usually 8) French word used in English 9) Grand larceny 10) Grand theft 11) Grand theft auto 12) Grave crime 13) Hijacking 14) Law-breaking 15) More than a misdemeanor 16) Murder 17) Murder or burglary
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1) Arson 2) Bribery 3) Burglarious 4) Burglary 5) Larceny 6) Offence 7) Racketeering 8) Stealing 9) Theft 10) Thievery
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The term felony, in some common law countries, means a serious crime. The word originates from English common law (from the French medieval word « félonie »), where felonies were originally crimes that involved confiscation of a convicted person`s land and goods. Other crimes were called misdemeanours. Many common law countries have now abolis....
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A crime that allows a defendant to be imprisoned for more than one year upon being found guilty.
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• (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment. • (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt. • (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fe...
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In
criminal law, former term for an offence that is more serious than a
misdemeanour; in the USA, a felo...
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n. 1) A crime that is deemed serious enough to result in punishment by death or sentencing to a term in state or federal prison. Misdemeanors are only punishable by a term in county or local jail and/or fine. 2) Any crime that carries a minimum term of more than one year in state prison because a shorter term can be served in county jail. Also refe...
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A more serious crime than a misdemeanor; a crime, which is often punishable by death or imprisonment for a term of more than one year.
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The most serious offence, judged by a jury and whereby the felon is given a sentence of imprisonment for life or for a defined period, which may be combined with fines and any other additional sentence. An attempted felony is punished like a felony (murder, battery causing death, rape, armed robbery, etc.).
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a serious crime, which at some time in history was punishable by death. (*Petty larceny, however, was a non-capital felony)
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Fel'o·ny noun ;
plural Felonies . [ Middle English
felonie cruelty, Old French
felonie , French
félonie treachery, malice. See
Felon ,
noun ]
1. (Feudal Law) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by ...
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One of several grave crimes, such as murder, rape, or burglary, punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor; an offense punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one year. 18 U.S.C.
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A serious crime (contrasted with less serious crimes such as misdemeanors and infractions), usually punishable by a prison term of more than one year or, in some cases, by death. For example, murder, extortion, and kidnapping are felonies; a minor fist fight is usually charged as a misdemeanor, and a speeding ticket is generally an infraction. In s...
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A serious crime, one which at some time in history was punishable by death.
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Serious crime punishable by imprisonment for more than a year or death and/or substantial fines. Compare misdemeanor.
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[
n] - a serious crime
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noun a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
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a serious crime, such as murder or arson
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