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Answer for the clue "Serious offense ", 6 letters:
felony

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Felony \Fel"o*ny\, n.; pl. Felonies . [OE. felonie cruelty, OF. felonie, F. f['e]lonie treachery, malice. See Felon , n.] (Feudal Law) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture. --Burrill. (O.Eng.Law) An offense which occasions ...

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Felony is a 2013 Australian crime thriller film directed by Matthew Saville . Joel Edgerton wrote, produced and co-starred in the film. Tom Wilkinson , Jai Courtney , and Melissa George also appeared in the film. It was screened in the Special Presentation ...

Usage examples of felony.

Awhile later, Bauhaus made my walking weight heavier by half a kilo of the white stuff a guaranteed felony bust for dealing, should anyone wearing a badge pat me down.

I saw the shitbirds chasing hepcat, who looked suspiciously like the subject of felony warrant number four eleven dash forty-three.

John De Puyster Hepplewhite to lie on he is thrown into prison, indicted by a grand jury, and tried for felony!

Just because this poor man--hungry, thirsty and weary--happened to select a bed belonging to John De Puyster Hepplewhite to lie on he is thrown into prison, indicted by a grand jury, and tried for felony!

It happened that I was instructed to defend a man who had been committed to Hertford Quarter Sessions on a charge of felony.

Though, what had happened down in the subbasement was regrettable, but not a felony.

As a felony committed at Zuni, thus on a federal reservation, this was officially an FBI case.

And so will I, unless Jaworski can nail the bastard on enough felony counts to strip him not only of his right to vote, like Agnew, but also his key to the back door of the Federal Treasury -- which is not very likely now that Ford has done everything but announce the date for when he will grant the pardon.

In Dade County, one out of 15 applicants for a new concealed-weapons license has a felony arrest record.

Among them they boast 874 felony arrests, 300 felony convictions, 1,682 misdemeanor arrests and 1,023 misdemeanor convictions, only 85 have ever served time in prisons or reform schools.

Angel convictions on 1,023 misdemeanor counts and 151 felonies -- primarily vehicle theft, burglary and assault.

Now, in his official capacity, he told the defendants that they were each charged with three counts of capital felony murder.

The copyhold was also subject to a variety of grievous taxes, which the lord had the privilege, upon many occasions, of imposing - such as aids, reliefs, primer seisin, wardship, escheats for felony and want of heirs, and many more, altogether so exorbitant and oppressive as often totally to ruin the tenant and rob him of almost all interest in his property.

Some had been convicted of a misdemeanor and not a felony, others were felons who had had their rights restored and others were simply cases of mistaken identity.

Another part of the report stated that of 463 identified Hell's Angels, 151 had felony convictions.