Crossword clues for felonious
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Felonious \Fe*lo"ni*ous\, a. Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide.
O thievish Night,
Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end,
In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?
--Milton.
-- Fe*lo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Fe*lo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious. 2 (context legal English) Done with intent to commit a crime.
WordNet
adj. involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" [syn: criminal]
Usage examples of "felonious".
Buried in the stories was the fact that the total number of robberies in Dade has actually increased, meaning the thugs are merely redirecting their felonious energies toward local residents.
It is also a crime to say such felonious things as someone is elderly, married, youthful, disabled, aged, or gay.
I was contemplating my next foray into felonious fantasy when I heard what sounded like an airplane landing in the alley.
Ingram Frizer I have aforementioned is villain enough and to spare for murther and felonious absconding with his periwig both.
Ingram Frizer I have aforementioned is villain enough and to spare for murther and felonious absconding with his periwig both.
The white comprises part of his head, and the whole of his mouth, which makes him look as if he had just escaped from a felonious visit to a meal-bag.
Objectively she was pleased that her voice didn't quaver as she supported Lars's testimony on each count, managing to publicly absolve him from felonious assault as he was, in fact, acting even when he abducted her in her best interests, contractually and personally.
De Witt protested his innocence, and was arrested and charged with two counts of Armed Robbery One, five counts of Aggravated Assault, one count of Grand Theft Auto, and one count of Harboring Felonious Drugs.
I was contemplating my next foray into felonious fant~sy when I heard what sounded like an airplane landing in the alley.
He not only has possessed pornography containing children, he currently carries a computer full of felonious child pornography.
He expounded upon those laws pertaining to property rights in beasts mansuete and he quoted from cases of attainder insofar as he reckoned them germane to the corruption of blood in the prior and felonious owners of the horses now dead among the bones.
For this reason, any citizen who abuses their right to keep and bear arms by committing, while armed, a felonious act that deprives fellow citizens of life, limb or property, shall be subject to a permanent relinquishment of their Second Amendment rights in addition to their prison sentence.
He stole the altar gold from the Temple of Offler and had it made into a horn and played magical music until the gods caught up with him and pulled his' 'Right,' said Buddy, 'but if you went out there now and asked who the most famous horn player is, would they remember some felonious monk or would they shout for Glod Glodsson?
This particular kit had been designed by a felonious friend who'd spent his spare moments in prison fashioning an assortment of picks that looked like a manicure set.
Chuckster, entranced by this monstrous fact, stood for some time rooted to the earth, protesting within himself that Kit was the Prince of felonious characters, and very Emperor or Great Mogul of Snobs, and how he clearly traced this revolting circumstance back to that old villany of the shilling, are matters foreign to our purpose.