The defendant must show that any bail money he hopes to post did not come from the felonious means.
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Felonious
Synonyms for "felonious" (102 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
criminalcriminal activity
actionableagainst the lawamoralanarchicanarchisticanomicblackblack marketblack-marketbootlegchargeableconsciencelesscontrabandcontrary to lawcorruptcorruptedcriminal
Noun(2 words)
burglarizingcriminal act
Strong matches (30)
Noun(1 words)
criminal process
Related words (51)
lawlessmalefactorymalfeasantmiscreantnonconstitutionalnonlegalnonlicitnot kosheroutlawoutlawedpunishablequestionablerottenshadyshamelessshiftysinfulsinisterslipperysuspicious
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triabletrickyunallowedunauthorizedunconsciencedunconscientiousunconscionableunconstitutionalunder-the-counterunder-the-tableunderhandunderhandedunethicalunlawfulunofficialunprincipledunsavoryunscrupulousunstatutoryunstraightforwardunwarrantableunwarrantedvillainouswickedwithout remorsewithout shamewrongwrongdoingwrongful
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
1 entrieslegal term
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4 entriesfelonious arsonfelonious assaultfelonious murderfelonious theft
Collocations
6 entriesfelonious activityfelonious arsonfelonious assaultfelonious conductfelonious intentfelonious theft
Inflections
2 entriesmore feloniousmost felonious
Derivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
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O thievish Night, / Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, / In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?
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felonious homicide
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First, as felony prosecutor, I prosecute high-level felonies including homicides; sexual assaults; child endangerings; shootings and other felonious assaults; and media cases.
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