felonious
adjective
- adjective Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony. “The defendant must show that any bail money he hopes to post did not come from the felonious means.”
- adjective (law) Done with intent to commit a crime. “felonious homicide”
Synonyms
malignant malicious villainous traitorous perfidious criminal
Etymology
From Middle English *felonious (implied in feloniously; compare felonous); equivalent to felony + -ous.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “felonious”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details