Felony
51felony — fel·o·ny || felÉ™nɪ n. serious crime or offense usually punishable by more than one year in prison (i.e. robbery or murder) …
52felony — noun (plural felonies) a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour. Derivatives felonious adjective feloniously adverb …
53felony — n. Crime (punishable by death or by imprisonment), high crime, heinous crime, gross offence …
54felony — noun (C, U) law a serious crime such as murder compare misdemeanour (2) …
55felony — fel·o·ny …
56felony — fel•o•ny [[t]ˈfɛl ə ni[/t]] n. pl. nies 1) law an offense of graver character than a misdemeanor and usu. punished by imprisonment for more than one year 2) law Early Eng. Law. any crime punishable by death or mutilation and forfeiture of goods • …
57felony — /ˈfɛləni / (say feluhnee) noun (plural felonies) Law 1. any of various indictable offences, as murder, burglary, etc., of graver character than those called misdemeanours. 2. (in early English law) any crime punishable by loss of life or member… …
58felony — Peloni …
59felony — n. (pl. ies) a crime regarded by the law as grave, and usu. involving violence. Etymology: ME f. OF felonie (as FELON(1)) …
60To compound a felony — Felony Fel o*ny, n.; pl. {Felonies}. [OE. felonie cruelty, OF. felonie, F. f[ e]lonie treachery, malice. See {Felon}, n.] 1. (Feudal Law) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture. Burrill. [1913 Webster] 2.… …