as in criminal
a person who has committed a serious crime
The convicted felon wanted to make amends after his release from jail.
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Recent Examples of felon
Two other teens, Jardan Anderson, 18, and Isaiah Daniels, 17, are charged with harboring and aiding a felon.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Yarbrough is a felon with no valid firearm owners’ identification card or conceal and carry license, according to Cook County circuit court filings.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, Korosa is a prior felon who served two years in prison for cutting a Walgreens security guard with a box cutter in 2020.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
According to the plea agreement, Manning and his co-conspirators trafficked at least 22 firearms to people who were known felons or sold guns that had been converted into unregistered machine guns.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Yarbrough is a felon with no valid firearm owners’ identification card or conceal and carry license, according to Cook County circuit court filings.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, Korosa is a prior felon who served two years in prison for cutting a Walgreens security guard with a box cutter in 2020.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
According to the plea agreement, Manning and his co-conspirators trafficked at least 22 firearms to people who were known felons or sold guns that had been converted into unregistered machine guns.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for felon
Noun
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Our research suggests that the vast majority of Republican voters want to close loopholes that allow criminals and dangerous people to get their hands on guns.—
Gabby Giffords,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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The days of letting dangerous criminals terrorize American citizens are over.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Instead of a sense of outrage leading to a search for a better solution for repeat violent offenders, her death generated calls for collective retribution and vigilante justice.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the aftermath of the killing, many Republicans and conservative commentators called for a sweeping crackdown on leftwing groups—assuming that the perpetrator would likely be someone from the opposite side of the political spectrum as Kirk.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
14 Sep. 2025
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The perpetrator, the reports are, was radicalized by pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic propaganda online.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Felon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felon. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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