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    FELONY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A serious crime (such as murder or arson)play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("felony" is a kind of...):

    crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "felony"):

    capture; seizure (the act of taking of a person by force)

    racketeering (engaging in a racket)

    bribery; graft (the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage)

    larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)

    extortion (the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence))

    burglary (entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property)

    Derivation:

    felonious (involving or being or having the nature of a crime)

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