felon

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Recent Examples of felon Because Murphy is a felon and cannot own a firearm, Montgomery was tasked with purchasing bullets for the gun, says the affidavit. Chris Spargo, People.com, 7 May 2025 Past initiatives have led to legalized medical marijuana, restoring felons’ voting rights, clean water and imposing school class size limits. Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025 Nutall appeared in San Diego Superior Court in a wheelchair on Thursday afternoon for a sentencing hearing following his guilty pleas to charges of child endangerment, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025 He was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on June 14, 2021, and pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon on Jan. 13, 2022. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for felon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for felon
criminal
Noun
  • By the way, none of us is a criminal, as hacking is not a crime.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Manson was a petty criminal who had been in and out of jail since childhood.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025

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“Felon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felon. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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