as in criminals
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 felons
The Wisconsin Constitution bars convicted felons from holding public office.
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Todd Richmond, Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2025
The Wisconsin Constitution bars convicted felons from serving in public office, which includes judges.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Debates about Cold War rationality reprised an earlier discourse about criminal nature versus nurture and the educability of felons.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
Detroit mayoral candidates have raised more than $3 million, but one campaign's coffers include funds from three felons, a bribe payer and a CEO in a dispute with the city.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
He was released by a state statute that requires periods of reentry for felons.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
As a spinoff, Combs would have partnered with Giovanni Sairras, executive director of Re-Entry One a nonprofit that helps convicted felons with reentry into society.
—Essence, 7 Oct. 2025
As soon as he was convicted, huge numbers changed their minds and soon 58% thought felons should be able to be president.
—Sarah Stein Lubrano, Mercury News, 13 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for felons
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The first thing to do is to reduce the damage to the United States, the inflow of guns and criminals and immigrants and drugs into the United States, the destabilizing of a key part of the Western Hemisphere.—
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Also, place freezes with ChexSystems and the National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange to stop criminals from opening bank accounts, phone lines, or utility services in his name.—
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Changes in the law regarding youth offenders and subsequent court rulings led a San Diego Superior Court judge on Tuesday to find that Williams fit the criteria to be resentenced.—
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Tierney blasted the parole system's handling of repeat violent offenders.—
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“Felons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/felons. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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