FELON Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

felon

noun

Definition of felon

as in criminal

a person who has committed a serious crime The convicted felon wanted to make amends after his release from jail.

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Recent Examples of felon Riverside County Sheriff's Office Adams was booked at the Cois Byrd Detention Center for assault with a deadly weapon-firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the release. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 Sheriff’s officials said he previously had been arrested on suspicion of possessing an assault weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm. — Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Since then, he has been arrested several more times, including on multiple charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, WBTV reported. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Manguchei pleaded to conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition as a felon, and was sentenced to 44 months in prison. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for felon

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Noun

Boxing is fun especially when the boxer in question is beating up criminals in East London.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Working together to track these flows would reduce the chance that international criminals can extend their reach beyond any single jurisdiction.

— Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of criminal

Noun

Hansen’s sentence was first reduced to 25 years to life, and the state later created a pathway to earlier parole for many youthful offenders serving life sentences.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
From names like ChatGPT and Gemini to Meta AI, Perplexity, and even Grok, the report identifies which chatbots are the most privacy-friendly and transparent in their practices and which are the worst offenders.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of offender

Noun

But, in an unexpected twist for the ranger, the faith leader is involved in the robberies though as a victim not a perpetrator.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Video recordings and documents detail how investigators pursued the case, and the possibility of abuse, for months but failed to identify a perpetrator.

— Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of perpetrator

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