Felon

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In medicine:
  • noun. An acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of the finger or toe, especially of the distal phalanx, generally seated near the nail; paronychia; whitlow.
  • noun. A sort of inflammation in quadrupeds, similar to whitlow in man.
  • noun. A wicked person; a cruel, fierce person; one guilty of heinous crimes.
  • noun. In law, a person who has committed a felony. The term is not applicable after legal punishment has been completed.
  • noun. Felony.
  • noun. Synonyms Criminal, convict, malefactor, culprit, outlaw.
  • Wicked; malignant; malicious; treacherous; proceeding from a depraved heart.
  • Obtained by felony or crime; of goods, stolen.
  • Wretched; forlorn.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
  • noun. A person who has committed a felony.
  • noun. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
  • noun. A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bacterial infection of the pad at the end of a finger or toe.
  • noun. A person who has committed a felony.
  • noun. A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
  • noun. a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
  • Word Usage
    "Before I go any further I have to say the justice system goes too far in some or perhaps many cases for what a felon is and the penalties and restrictions once time has been served, they paid for the crime."
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