Meaning of FELONIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | fu'lowneeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" |
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| | Synonyms: | | criminal, illegal |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fe*lo"ni*ous\, a.
Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious;
villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done
with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide.
O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some
felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the
stars? --Milton.
-- {Fe*lo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fe*lo"ni*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | actionable, against the law, amoral, anarchic, anarchistic, anomic, black-market, bootleg, chargeable, conscienceless, contraband, contrary to law, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, dark, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, doubtful, dubious, evasive, evildoing, fishy, flawed, fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate, ill-got, ill-gotten, illicit, immoral, impermissible, indirect, iniquitous, insidious, irregular, justiciable, lawless, malefactory, malfeasant, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, nonlicit, not kosher, outlaw, outlawed, punishable, questionable, rotten, shady, shameless, shifty, sinful, sinister, slippery, suspicious, triable, tricky, unallowed, unauthorized, unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, unconstitutional, underhand, underhanded, under-the-counter, under-the-table, unethical, unlawful, unofficial, unprincipled, unsavory, unscrupulous, unstatutory, unstraightforward, unwarrantable, unwarranted, wicked, without remorse, without shame, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongful |
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