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fe·lo·ni·ous /fə-'lō-nē-əs/ adj: of, relating to, or constituting a felonyfelonious sale of cocainefe·lo·ni·ous·ly adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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against the admonition of law, against the law, against the rules, base, condemnable, contrary to law, criminal, criminous, culpable, dishonest, dissolute, done with intent to commit crime, evildoing, extralegal, fraudulent, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, in violation of law, inlicitus, lawbreaking, lawless, malfeasant, malicious, nefarious, non legitimus, nonlegal, of the quality of a felon, offending, outlawed, outside the law, perfidious, transgressing, unallowed, unauthorized, unlawful, unlicensed, unpardonable, unwarrantable, vetitus, villainous, wicked, wrong, wrongful
associated concepts: felonious act, felonious arson, felonious assault, felonious homicide, felonious intent, felonious purpose, feloniously taking
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culpable, illegal, illicit, impermissible, iniquitous, larcenous, lawless, nefarious, reprobate, wrongful
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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1) Refers to an act done with criminal intent. The term is used to distinguish between a wrong that was not malicious and an intentional crime, as in "felonious assault," which is an attack meant to do real harm.2) Relating to a felony.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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adj. Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a felony.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Done with an intent to commit a serious crime or a felony; done with an evil heart or purpose; malicious; wicked; villainous.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Done with an intent to commit a serious crime or a felony; done with an evil heart or purpose; malicious; wicked; villainous.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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adj.referring to an act done with criminal intent. The term is used to distinguish between a wrong which was not malicious, and an intentional crime, as in "felonious assault," which is an attack meant to do real harm.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
