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A felony is a serious crime, like murder, arson, or burglary. Fashion critics may think that wearing white shoes after Labor Day is a felony, but it isn’t really.

A felony is sometimes called a "high crime" because it's so serious. A felony differs from a misdemeanor in the amount of punishment someone gets when convicted. In the United States, a felony is a crime that has a sentence of more than a year in prison. A year or less in jail means the crime is just a misdemeanor. If you're convicted of a felony, even after you serve your time you may be denied certain rights and privileges.

DEFINITIONS OF: felony

n a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

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the act of taking of a person by force; racketeering
engaging in a racket; bribery, graft
the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage; larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; extortion
the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence); burglary
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property; breach of trust with fraudulent intent
larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking; abduction
the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife; kidnapping, snatch
(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment; barratry
the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery; commercial bribery
bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction; defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else; pilferage
the act of stealing small amounts or small articles; shoplifting, shrinkage
the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; robbery
larceny by threat of violence; biopiracy
biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use; grand larceny, grand theft
larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale); petit larceny, petty, petty larceny
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale); skimming
failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it; blackmail
extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information; protection, tribute
payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; shakedown
extortion of money (as by blackmail); break-in, breaking and entering, housebreaking
trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent; rustling
the stealing of cattle

Type of:: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

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