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What is the noun for felons?

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felonwort
  1. The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
  2. Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
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felon
  1. A person who has committed a felony.
  2. (law) A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
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    1. “After serving his sentence, the felon struggled to reintegrate into society due to the stigma attached to his criminal record.”
      “In 1598 he killed a fellow actor in a duel, but escaped hanging by pleading benefit of clergy, being branded instead as a felon.”
      “This thief had previous convictions and so was a felon, but the constable fired at him without knowing this.”
felonry
  1. Felons as a group.
  2. The convict population of a penal colony.
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    1. “They displayed a dangerous and disgraceful spirit of favouritism for the felonry.”
      “Britain's colonial policy was shaped by a desire to limit the evil effects of the felonry on Maori.”
      “Historians paid considerable attention to the circumstances that created this unwanted felonry.”
felony
  1. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.
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    1. “If convicted of the felony charges they could face up to five years in jail.”
      “The 39-year-old singer was booked on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon late on Friday.”
      “Yeah, then we got all these amateurs horning into the field, and felony fashions just went down the toilet.”
felon
  1. (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After serving his sentence, the felon struggled to reintegrate into society due to the stigma attached to his criminal record.”
      “In 1598 he killed a fellow actor in a duel, but escaped hanging by pleading benefit of clergy, being branded instead as a felon.”
      “This thief had previous convictions and so was a felon, but the constable fired at him without knowing this.”
feloniousness
feloness
  1. (rare) A female felon.
felonesses
  1. plural of feloness
felonries
felonies
  1. plural of felony
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    1. “Gradually the distinctions between felonies and misdemeanours were eroded by legislation.”
      “The searches would not detect felons who had committed felonies in other states, and then moved to Washington.”
      “The prosecution's use of such evidence to stampede a jury into convicting him of multiple felonies flies in the face of the First Amendment.”
felons
  1. plural of felon
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    1. “Among those who are guilty of an offense against good taste, he is a scofflaw tormented by felons and scoundrels.”
      “Why should downloaders, freeloaders, pirates and copyright felons be entitled to the protection of the law?”
      “If you're a convicted felon, go where felons are, not where good people are.”
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