Felony
['felənɪ] or ['fɛləni]
Definition
(n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
(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.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.
Edited by Jessica
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Crime (punishable by death or by imprisonment), high crime, heinous crime, gross offence.
Typed by Jeanette
Examples
- To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner's dock is disgrace. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We'll indict the blackguards for felony, and get 'em shipped off to penal settlements. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He's not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just possible that I am saving a soul. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To have hinted that the jupon, camisole, and curl-papers were odious objects, or indeed other than quite meritorious points, would have been a felony. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Which of these was the good deed, which was the felony? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At last, me and Compeyson was both committed for felony,--on a charge of putting stolen notes in circulation,--and there was other charges behind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But, in any case a forced marriage is no marriage, but it is a very serious felony, as you will discover before you have finished. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So, for mingled considerations of friendship and felony, I took a walk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Ronda