felon
noun/ˈfelən/
/ˈfelən/
(especially North American English, law)- a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder or rape
- felons who have served their sentence
- The law requires convicted felons entering the state to register their address with the police.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- convicted
- former
- violent
- …
- serve something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘wicked, a wicked person’ (oblique case of fel ‘evil’), from medieval Latin fello, fellon-, of unknown origin.
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