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Felon

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Noun

1. criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

2. felon, whitlow

a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Felon

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noun
1. criminal law
(formerly) a person who has committed a felony
2. obsolete
a wicked person
adjective
3. archaic or poetic
evil; cruel
noun
a purulent inflammation of the end joint of a finger, sometimes affecting the bone

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Felon

see synonyms of felon
noun
1.  Obsolete
a villain
2.  Law
a person guilty of a major crime; criminal
adjective
3.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
wicked; base; criminal
noun
a painful abscess or infection at the end of a finger or toe, near the nail; whitlow

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Felon

see synonyms of felon
n.
1. Law One who has committed a felony.
2. Archaic An evil person.
adj.
Archaic
Evil; cruel.
n.
A painful purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail. Also called whitlow.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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