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a serious criminal act (such as murder or rape)
The crime is considered a felony under state law. He was convicted of committing a felony.
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Recent Examples of felonies
Sampson is expected to be formally charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide and additional felonies, Spectrum News reported.
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Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
More than a month after one of its professors was arrested on charges of violent felonies at an anti-ICE rally, an elite private university has refused to say whether the academic has been punished.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Minard, 48, and his wife, Anne Minard, were initially charged with a series of felonies in 2023, including one count of criminal conspiracy, after prosecutors alleged the couple had illicitly used their connections to political nonprofits for their own personal gain.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
San Diego County jails have logged more than 3,300 bookings on low-level drug and theft charges since a new state law, Proposition 36, took effect and turned what had been misdemeanor crimes into felonies.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
The driver who allegedly struck and killed a 67-year-old bicyclist in Kuna last fall has been charged with two felonies over a year later.
—Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
Early on, federal agents guarding the building deployed tear gas and shot pepper balls in clashes with protesters and arrested some of them, including some charged with felonies on suspicion of assaulting or blocking officers.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Unlike federal grand juries, which are needed for all felonies, state prosecutors only need a grand jury for capital crimes.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Valdez’s sentencing comes after he was convicted in August of multiple felonies, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
More than a month after one of its professors was arrested on charges of violent felonies at an anti-ICE rally, an elite private university has refused to say whether the academic has been punished.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Minard, 48, and his wife, Anne Minard, were initially charged with a series of felonies in 2023, including one count of criminal conspiracy, after prosecutors alleged the couple had illicitly used their connections to political nonprofits for their own personal gain.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
San Diego County jails have logged more than 3,300 bookings on low-level drug and theft charges since a new state law, Proposition 36, took effect and turned what had been misdemeanor crimes into felonies.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
The driver who allegedly struck and killed a 67-year-old bicyclist in Kuna last fall has been charged with two felonies over a year later.
—Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
Early on, federal agents guarding the building deployed tear gas and shot pepper balls in clashes with protesters and arrested some of them, including some charged with felonies on suspicion of assaulting or blocking officers.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Unlike federal grand juries, which are needed for all felonies, state prosecutors only need a grand jury for capital crimes.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Valdez’s sentencing comes after he was convicted in August of multiple felonies, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for felonies
Noun
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The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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This significant sentence reflects the seriousness of those crimes.—
Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Matilda, fresh on the island, even trespasses on Beechwood and sees the wreckage herself.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Jake is revealed to be embezzling from his business and steadily engages in a series of moral, personal, and legal trespasses that are at least as bad as Vince’s.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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He was charged with an infraction disorderly conduct, and threat of violence and suspicion of criminal trespassing, both Class B misdemeanors in Utah.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Nov. 2025
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The convictions were ultimately reduced to misdemeanors and expunged in 2022, the court document said.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Felonies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felonies. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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