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a serious criminal act (such as murder or rape)
The crime is considered a felony under state law. He was convicted of committing a felony.
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Recent Examples of felonies
Her past convictions were not for felonies, Minnesota court records show.
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
The suspect was booked into jail on suspicion of two felonies — making criminal threats and possessing a large-capacity magazine.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
He is also charged in Hennepin County District Court with three counts of fleeing a police officer, all felonies.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Later that year, Cobb was charged with seven felonies related to confronting residents with a gun.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors upgraded their cases, however, to third-degree felonies under Texas hate-crime law, with possible sentences of two to 10 years in prison for criminal mischief causing damage to a place of worship.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
The felonies Jones were charged with are not his only criminal charges in Leon County.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
To be eligible, people must already be in the United States before a certain cutoff date, be fingerprinted, have no felonies on record and pass background checks.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
The suspect was booked into jail on suspicion of two felonies — making criminal threats and possessing a large-capacity magazine.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
He is also charged in Hennepin County District Court with three counts of fleeing a police officer, all felonies.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Later that year, Cobb was charged with seven felonies related to confronting residents with a gun.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors upgraded their cases, however, to third-degree felonies under Texas hate-crime law, with possible sentences of two to 10 years in prison for criminal mischief causing damage to a place of worship.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
The felonies Jones were charged with are not his only criminal charges in Leon County.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
To be eligible, people must already be in the United States before a certain cutoff date, be fingerprinted, have no felonies on record and pass background checks.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for felonies
Noun
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Those who dismissed intersectionality saw such policies as little more than allowing the disadvantaged to commit crimes without consequences to make up for past inequities, afflicting crime victims from the same disadvantaged communities.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Released in September 2025, Blood & Myth follows the Iñupiaq man and respected actor Teddy Kyle Smith, who became a fugitive following a string of violent crimes in the remote town of Kiana, Alaska.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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He was also charged with attacking while at large and no city license, both misdemeanors.—
Jessie DiMartino,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pirro’s office has since charged her with lesser misdemeanors.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Felonies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felonies. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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