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someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a serious crime (a felony)- Each state determines how long a felon is denied the right to vote.
- It's difficult for ex-felons to find work.
- He's not supposed to carry it since he's a felon, but he says that technically he doesn't carry it.Angie Thomas -- The Hate U Give
- I have the misfortune to be a convicted felon, who has spent the last ten or a dozen years amongst the scum of the earth...E. Phillips Oppenheim -- The Malefactor
- A common man, an impostor, a felon, was never thus waited upon.Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
- I do defy thy conjurations, And apprehend thee for a felon here.William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- Are you willing to risk her life out of loyalty to a felon?Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- Thus branded as a felon by myself, How had I dared to look you in the face?Sophocles -- Oedipus the King
- "That was a felon stroke!" exclaimed the Black Knight, as the steed fell to the earth, bearing his rider along with him.Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
- But she had never envisioned herself prowling halls and staircases like a nervous felon, with a knife clasped in one hand to use against Jack.Stephen King -- The Shining
- She looked, and as she scanned the distance she said in her own heart, 'Surely this is some felon; where is he going now?'Unknown -- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- To his mind Lamorak deserved death, like a felon, because he and his father had injured the Orkney clan.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- They are housed, at times, in the same pod with accused rapists and other felons.Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
- 'Here's the vagrant—the felon—the rebel—the monster of unthankfulness.'Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- Felons don't work at the Circle.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- Believe what they tell you, stoke up your wrath, And drive me like a felon from your path.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
- "He hev been away from home for a few days, since he's had that felon upon his finger; for 'a said, since I can't work I'll have a hollerday."Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
- I might be a convicted felon, but as the daughter of teachers, I had a strong aversion to cheating on tests.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- Neither the name of Smith or Hickock was reflected in the felon registration file.Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- "Well," I said, "when all the dogs and cats were eaten the Government passed a law that we should eat felons.John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
felon = someone convicted of a serious crime
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