felon

Example Sentences

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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

Good was not a violent felon trying to flee the scene of a crime.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

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

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

At the time, Zhao said he hadn’t discussed a Binance.US deal with anyone but wrote on X, “No felon would mind a pardon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 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