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
The charges included felon in possession of a firearm, petty theft, driving or taking a vehicle without consent, false impersonation, evading a police officer and failure to appear in court.
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Jason Green,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Muniz-Spry, a 39-year-old resident of Everson, appeared in federal court in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon and was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Zachary Fletcher,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Butler had pleaded guilty to harassment likely to provoke violence, felon in possession of a weapon and theft in Alaska, but did not report to jail.
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Jen Guadarrama,
IndyStar,
12 June 2026
Kochen’s defense attorneys argued that the magnitude of their client’s crime was not nearly as egregious as that of hundreds of other Medicare fraud felons in South Florida, which is recognized as the healthcare-fraud capital of the United States.
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Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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Jason Green,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Muniz-Spry, a 39-year-old resident of Everson, appeared in federal court in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon and was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
—
Zachary Fletcher,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Butler had pleaded guilty to harassment likely to provoke violence, felon in possession of a weapon and theft in Alaska, but did not report to jail.
—
Jen Guadarrama,
IndyStar,
12 June 2026
Kochen’s defense attorneys argued that the magnitude of their client’s crime was not nearly as egregious as that of hundreds of other Medicare fraud felons in South Florida, which is recognized as the healthcare-fraud capital of the United States.
—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felon
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This makes your accounts much harder to break into, even if a criminal gets control of your phone number.
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And historically, denaturalization has been reserved for the most egregious offenders, such as human rights abusers and violent criminals.
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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To better understand what drives a young person to commit these crimes, CNN spent months searching for prior offenders willing to speak about their experience.
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Incel ideology tied to past attacks Incel ideology has been linked to other mass killings in Canada, including the 2018 Toronto van attack, when a perpetrator who identified as an incel drove down a crowded sidewalk and deliberately killed 10 people.
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The perpetrator was sentenced to 13 years in prison in March.
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“Felon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felon. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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