Felony

//ˈfɛləni//

Synonyms for "felony" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (16)

Related words (26)

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is a

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related to

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Translations

45 translations across 25 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • جناية noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • جِنَايَة noun (a serious criminal offense)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • углавно престъпление noun (a serious criminal offense)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 重罪 noun (a serious criminal offense)

Czech

2 entries
  • trestný čin noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • závažný trestný čin noun (a serious criminal offense)

Danish

4 entries
  • brøde noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • forbrydelse noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • lovovertrædelse noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • ulovlighed noun (a serious criminal offense)

Dutch

2 entries
  • misdaad noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • misdrijf noun (a serious criminal offense)

Finnish

1 entries
  • törkeä rikos noun (a serious criminal offense)

French

1 entries
  • crime noun (a serious criminal offense)

German

4 entries
  • Kapitalverbrechen noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • Schwerstverbrechen noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • Schwerverbrechen noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • Verbrechen noun (a serious criminal offense)

Greek

1 entries
  • κακούργημα noun (a serious criminal offense)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פֶּשַׁע noun (a serious criminal offense)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • (súlyos) bűncselekmény noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • bűntett noun (a serious criminal offense)

Italian

2 entries
  • delitto noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • reato noun (a serious criminal offense)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 重罪 noun (a serious criminal offense)

Korean

1 entries
  • 중죄 noun (a serious criminal offense)

Māori

1 entries
  • taihara noun (a serious criminal offense)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Vebräakjen noun (a serious criminal offense)

Polish

2 entries
  • ciężkie przestępstwo noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • zbrodnia noun (a serious criminal offense)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • crime grave noun (a serious criminal offense)

Russian

4 entries
  • преступле́ние noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • тя́жкое преступле́ние noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • тя́жкое уголо́вное преступле́ние noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • уголо́вное преступле́ние noun (a serious criminal offense)

Spanish

3 entries
  • crimen noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • delito noun (a serious criminal offense)
  • felonía noun (a serious criminal offense)

Swedish

1 entries
  • feloni noun (a serious criminal offense)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagkakasala noun (a serious criminal offense)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trọng tội noun (a serious criminal offense)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffeloniaeth noun (a serious criminal offense)

Sample sentences

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That's a felony.

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Throwing eggs is a felony if the damage done by the eggs exceeds 400$.

Source: tatoeba (2984114)

Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

Source: tatoeba (3114135)

What you're doing right now is a felony.

Source: tatoeba (3115815)

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