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Plural of felon

regular plural

The plural of felon is felons.

Forms of felon

Singularfelon /ˈfɛlən/
Pluralfelons
Countablecountable

Felons in a sentence

  • “What this bill will do is move unrehabilitated felons into your communities,” said Jim Nielsen, a Republican.2009 September 1, Solomon Moore, “California State Assembly Approves Prison Legislation”, in New York Times. From the entry unrehabilitated
  • Bevy of Dirtbag judges, all unconvicted felons, who skunk up courtrooms in Asheville, Buncombe County: Julie Kepple, Eddie Clontz, Calvin Hill, Patricia Kaufman-Young, Sammie Cathey, Fritz Mercer, David K.2015 July 24, Jimmy knows crooked Sammie Ervin IV, “Does This Sound Like Crooked Clerk Steve Cogburn and His Bevy of Dirtbag Judges”, in…. From the entry skunk up
  • "wheel-barrow men" — felons from the county jail who were condemned earlier by a strange law to sweep the streets "publickly and disgracefully weighted down with irons."1967, Negley King Teeters, Jack H. Hedblom, "... Hang by the neck ...": the legal use of scaffold and noose, gibbet, stake, and firing…. From the entry wheel-barrow man
  • Martineau compares Christ’s substitution to the substitution of a noble citizen in the room of gaolfuls of felons, he excites a prejudice against the Atonement by a false analogy.1901, Marcus Dods, chapter IX, in The Atonement in Modern Religious Thought. A Theological Symposium., New York, N.Y.: Thomas Whittaker…. From the entry gaolful

Meaning of felon

  1. adjective Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked.
  2. adjective Of a place: harsh, savage, wild; of a thing: deadly; harmful.
  3. adjective Obtained through a felony; stolen.

Full definition of felon

Questions about the plural of felon

What is the plural of felon?
The plural of felon is felons.
Is felon countable?
Felon is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: felon (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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