Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a felonious manner; wickedly; with deliberate intent to commit a wrongful act, the act being in law such as constitutes a crime of the class termed felonies. Indictments for capital offenses must state the act to have been done feloniously.
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- adverb In a
felonious manner; in a manner that constitutes afelony .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Audi Mr. Neil says the new Audi R8 Spyder "looks spectacular — feloniously low and wide, its fender flares overflowing with alloy wheels and licorice-like sport rubber (19-inch 235/35s in front and 295/30s on the rear)."
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In a dramatic bit of irony, it was revealed that the fake Queen Elizabeth II was played by boy actor James O'Keefe, who was recently arrested for feloniously attempting to tamper with the phone line of U.S.
The Yes Men Prank Davos, Send Out Press Release With Blankfein Confessions 2010
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That the Reverend Lydgate feloniously, and for gain, pretended to marry us in full knowledge of the illegal act he was performing.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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Cesar Navarrete is charged with feloniously re-entering the United States after being convicted of a felony and deportation.
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The only Nickleback song I like is the one about getting feloniously drunk and breaking stuff.
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In a dramatic bit of irony, it was revealed that the fake Queen Elizabeth II was played by boy actor James O'Keefe, who was recently arrested for feloniously attempting to tamper with the phone line of U.S.
The Yes Men Prank Davos, Send Out Press Release With Blankfein Confessions The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Cesar Navarrete is charged with feloniously re-entering the United States after being convicted of a felony and deportation.
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In a dramatic bit of irony, it was revealed that the fake Queen Elizabeth II was played by boy actor James O'Keefe, who was recently arrested for feloniously attempting to tamper with the phone line of U.S.
The Yes Men Prank Davos, Send Out Press Release With Blankfein Confessions 2010
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Cesar Navarrete is charged with feloniously re-entering the United States after being convicted of a felony and deportation.
Hispanic Illegals Enslaving Other Hispanic Illegals In Florida–Headline:”Florida Family “ 2008
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People were less concerned with what they substantively had learned about Iraq's yellow-cake uranium policy -- that the past decision to go to war in Iraq may have been made against the advice and proffered ambiguous evidence of Miss Plame's husband -- than with the identity of the government official who had despicably and feloniously "blown her cover."
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