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felon

[fel-uhn] / ˈfɛl ən /


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He said federal immigration agents would be required to have judicial warrants before entering homes or businesses unless they were pursuing a known felon.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Diaz is a convicted felon and was already in custody on unrelated charges at the time, and he released the hawk before he was charged, investigators said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Life as an indicted felon is harsh, even if you’re abroad; you can kind of continue to live in sanctuary in Venezuela until the government changes.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026

As a convicted felon, Broxton lost his right to possess a gun.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

In Boston, Wendell Phillips, Abolitionist and reformer, commended those who looked “upon that gibbet of John Brown, not as the scaffold of a felon, but as the cross of a martyr.”

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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