Synonyms of felony

felony

noun

as in crime

law 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.

Related Words

• crime
• trespass
• misdemeanor
• violation
• misconduct
• criminality
• misfeasance
• debt
• offense
• wrongdoing
• error
• misdeed
• sin
• transgression
• breach
• lawbreaking
• hate crime
• infringement
• misdoing
• malefaction
• sinfulness
• foible
• bias crime
• corruption
• fault
• peccadillo
• immorality
• abuse
• vice
• wickedness
• illegality
• iniquity
• licentiousness
• break
• unlawfulness
• debauchery
• depravity
• lawlessness
• iniquitousness
• downfall
• fall
• descent

Dissimilar Words

• innocence
• noncrime
• virtue
• impeccability
• blamelessness
• morality
• righteousness
• guiltlessness
• goodness
• faultlessness
• irreproachability
• virtuousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of felony

He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary for breaking into an off-campus house, where the students were staying. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

Lawson was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on felony reckless boating causing serious injury, leaving the scene of a boating accident and evidence tampering. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, was arrested and booked on suspicion of malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and discharge of a firearm inside of a dwelling, according to a sheriff’s statement. — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 27 July 2026

The charges are malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside of a dwelling. — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026