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felon
/ˈfɛlən/
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What does felon mean?
adjective
- Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked.
- Of a place: harsh, savage, wild; of a thing: deadly; harmful.
noun
- A person who has committed a felony (“a serious criminal offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A small infected sore; an abscess, a boil.
- A whitlow (“infection near or under a fingernail or toenail”).
- (obsolete) An evil or wicked person.
- (obsolete) A predatory animal regarded as cruel or wicked.
adjective
- (obsolete, rare) Obtained through a felony; stolen.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɛlən/
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Thus branded as a felon by myself, How had I dared to look you in the face?
A very hang- dog face— a felon face— a face to fright the headsman himself, and make him strike awry.
More book examples (3)
The law was therefore allowed to take its course, and the victim of a false spirit of honour died the death of a felon.
He called yesterday to lance a felon on Sammy Speir's thumb, then ascended to my electric-blue parlor to give instructions as to the dressing of thumbs.
Why prosecute the man or woman Who steals a goose from off the common, And let the greater felon loose Who steals the common from the goose?