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- an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, esp. those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year [Webster]
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- Wiktionary:
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- WordNet:
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- Merriam-Webster Online:
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- MSN Encarta:
- felony @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- felony @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
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