felonious
pronunciation
How to pronounce felonious in British English:
UK [fə'ləʊnɪəs]
How to pronounce felonious in American English:
US [fə'loʊnɪrs]
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- Adjective:
- involving or being or having the nature of a crime
Word Origin
- felonious (adj.)
- mid-15c., "wicked, criminal" (implied in feloniously), from felony + -ous. Replaced felonous (mid-14c.) by c. 1600. Felonly (c. 1300) was another variation.
Example
- 1. He carry out a felonious act .
- 2. He carried out a felonious act .
- 3. That 's the main reason casino jack lacks the felonious zest of the jack abramoff .
- 4. The felonious act of extorting money ( as by threats of violence ) .
- 5. Implies the taking of personal property or valuables from another or from a place in a felonious manner ( as by the exercise of violence , by intimidation , or by trickery or by fraud ) ; in extended use rob implies deprivation by unjust means or by powers beyond one 's control .