felony
English
/หfษ.lษ.ni/
noun
Definitions
- (US) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English felony derived from Old French felonie (immoral deed, evil).
Origin
Old French
felonie
Gloss
immoral deed, evil
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
๐ค ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆน ๐ฆนโโ๏ธ ๐ฆนโโ๏ธ
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- felonious English
- feloniously English
- feloniousness English
- infelonious English
- nonfelony English
- telefelony English
- felony Middle English
- felon Old French
- felonie Old French
- felonia Old Portuguese