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felonious

[fuh-loh-nee-uhs] / fəˈloʊ ni əs /


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We thought flopping and foul-baiting made for unethical hoops, but those are but basketball misdemeanors; Adebayo’s big night was felonious.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

It may not have been felonious enough to demand civil punishment, but it certainly required banishment from the game and from any of its rewards.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2025

Their deaths amounted 5% of the 60 law enforcement officials who died that year because of felonious incidents.

From Seattle Times May 2, 2024

"We qualify such a felonious deed as a crime - as an act of dehumanisation," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Radio Sputnik.

From Reuters Oct. 18, 2023

It helps, though, to read with a felonious mind.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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