Definition of felonious
1 archaic : very evil : villainous
2 : of, relating to, or having the nature of a felony felonious assault
feloniously
adverbfeloniousness
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Examples of felonious in a Sentence
the commission found that while the senator's actions were ethically questionable, they were not felonious
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Felonious assault, Woodridge Road: At 1:30 a.m. May 22, police were called to an address on Cleveland Heights Boulevard where a man, 18, was found, surrounded by a group of people, on the ground after having been shot in the leg.
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At least give the teacher the benefit of the doubt and look for other, non-felonious explanations first.
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: of, relating to, or constituting a felony felonious sale of cocaine
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