felony

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Pronunciation

• enPR: fĕ'lə-nē, IPA: /ˈfɛ.lə.ni/

Noun

felony (plural felonies)

1. (US, legal) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.

Related terms

• felon
• felonious
• felonize

Translations

• French: crime
• German: Verbrechen (defined similarly to “felony”); schwere Straftat (informal synonym); Schwerverbrechen, Schwerstverbrechen, Kapitalverbrechen (informal augmentations)
• Italian: delitto
• Portuguese: crime grave
• Russian: преступле́ние
• Spanish: crimen, delito, felonía (US)

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