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Felon : (noun)
1: someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a
crime [syn: criminal, crook, outlaw, malefactor]
2: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the
area surrounding the nail [syn: whitlow]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Felon : \Fel"on\, n. [OE., adj., cruel, n., villain, ruffian,
traitor, whitlow, F. f['e]lon traitor, in OF. also, villain,
fr. LL. felo. See Fell, a.]
1. (Law) A person who has committed a felony.
2. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
3. (Med.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the
periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.
Syn: Criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Felon : \Fel"on\, a.
Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious;
cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. --Pope.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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FELON, crimes. One convicted and sentenced for a felony.
2. AFelon : is infamous, and cannot fill any office, or become a witness
in any case, unless pardoned, except in cases of absolute necessity, for his
own preservation, and defence; as, for example, an affidavit in relation to
the irregularity of a judgment in a cause in which he is a party. 2 Salk. R.
461; 2 Str. 1148;. Martin's R. 25; Stark. Ev. part 2, tit. Infamy. As to the
effect of a conviction in one state, where the witness is offered in
another, see 17 Mass. R. 515 2 Harr. & McHen. R. 120, 378; 1 Harr. & Johns.
R. 572. As to the effect upon a copartnership by one of the partners
becoming a felon, see 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1493.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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