Felony

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

Related terms

 * felon
 * felonious

Thesaurus
atrocity, breach, crime, crime against humanity, deadly sin, delict, delinquency, dereliction, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, illegality, impropriety, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, iniquity, injury, injustice, lapse, malefaction, malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, mortal sin, nonfeasance, offense, omission, outrage, peccadillo, peccancy, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission, sinful act, slip, tort, transgression, trespass, trip, unutterable sin, venial sin, violation, wrong, wrongdoing

Etymology
felonie:, from felon:. Ultimately of origin. More at.

Translations

 * Czech: trestný čin, závažný trestný čin
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 * German: Verbrechen (1), Schwerverbrechen  (1 severe), Schwerstverbrechen  (1 most severe), Kapitalverbrechen
 * Polish: ciężkie przestępstwo, zbrodnia
 * Russian: