Felon

/ˈfɛlən/

Synonyms for "felon" (124 found)

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Noun(5 words)

criminal arsonists carjacker condemned convict

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Strong matches (37)

Noun(6 words)

convictscrime figurecrook hijackers malefactor malefactors

criminal crook culprit deceiver delinquent desperadodesperate criminaldouble dealerdouble-dealer eschar evildoer fester festeringfever blisterfistula fugitive furuncle furunculusgallows birdgangster

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gaolbird gathering gumboil hemorrhoids jailbird judas kibe lawbreaker lesion malefactor malevolent

Related words (62)

malfeasant malfeasor miscreant misfeasor mobster offender outlaw papula papule paronychia parulis petechia pile piles pimple pock polyppublic enemypustule quisling

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racketeer rising scab scofflaw sinnersoft chancresore stigma sty suppuration swelling swindler terrorist thief thug traitor transgressor tubercletwo timertwo-timer ulcer ulceration villain wale welt wheal whelk whitlowworker of illwound wrongdoer

Noun(10 words)

mugger murderers offender outlaw outlaws pickpocket racketeers scoundrel scumbag whitlow

Adjective(1 words)

romanian criminal

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

criminal infection principal wrongdoer

More specific

2 entries

nonviolent felonviolent felon

Collocations

6 entries

felon in possessionfelon registryfelon statusnonviolent felonrepeat felonviolent felon

Inflections

1 entries

felons

Derivations

2 entries

felonious feloniousness

Sample sentences

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Tom is a convicted felon.

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Tom is a felon.

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Sami failed to mention he was a convicted felon.

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The case might have been dealt leniently with, but the laws were more harshly administered thirty years ago than now, and on my twenty-third birthday I found myself chained as a felon with thirty-seven other convicts in 'tween-decks of the bark Gloria Scott, bound for Australia.

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