as in criminal
contrary to or forbidden by law
the commission found that while the senator's actions were ethically questionable, they were not felonious
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Recent Examples of felonious
Court records show Cook was charged with felonious assault.
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
Burglaries, robberies and grand larcenies dropped last year, while felonious and misdemeanor assaults remained steady.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
He was tried again, under the same judge and a new jury, and found guilty of felonious assault and involuntary manslaughter.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Next to textbooks on religious studies and notes for a chem final were scales for measuring baggies and felonious amounts of narcotics.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2025
Burglaries, robberies and grand larcenies dropped last year, while felonious and misdemeanor assaults remained steady.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
He was tried again, under the same judge and a new jury, and found guilty of felonious assault and involuntary manslaughter.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Next to textbooks on religious studies and notes for a chem final were scales for measuring baggies and felonious amounts of narcotics.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felonious
Adjective
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Local business owners are complaining about threats and extortion from criminal groups in Morelos.—
Nathaniel Parish Flannery,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The department on Thursday published a list of the jurisdictions and said each one will receive formal notification that the government has deemed them noncompliant and if they're believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Of note: Your Content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.—
Will Matsuda,
New York Times,
23 May 2025
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The court concluded that the administration’s unilateral actions without approval by Congress were unlawful.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.—
James Bruggers,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2017
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.—
Lisa Beebe,
Los Angeles Magazine,
5 July 2017
Adjective
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Instead of calling for an expansive probe, however, the president identified just one potential target: ActBlue, the Democrats’ online fundraising juggernaut, which has acknowledged receiving over 200 potentially illicit contributions last year from foreign internet addresses.—
Brian Slodysko,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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Wetherell wrote that Trump's justification for the tariffs -- both stemming the flow of illicit drugs into the country and resolving a trade imbalance -- is sufficient to satisfy the terms set by Congress.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 May 2025
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But Diaz, the Hialeah grandmother, pointed to a recent State Department travel advisory that warned Americans to not travel there because of the high risk of wrongful detention, torture, terrorism and kidnapping, as well as crime, civil unrest, and the country’s poor health infrastructure.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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She was later awarded $13,000 in compensation for wrongful arrests, according to Christian Today.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
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“Felonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felonious. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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