felonious

(fə-lō'nē-əs)
adj.

1. Law. Having the nature of, relating to, or concerning a felony: felonious intent.
2. Archaic. Evil; wicked.

feloniously fe·lo'ni·ous·ly adv.
feloniousness fe·lo'ni·ous·ness n.

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Done with an intent to commit a serious crime or a felony; done with an evil heart or purpose; malicious; wicked; villainous.

An aggravated assault, such as an assault with an intent to murder, is a felonious assault. A simple assault, such as one done with an intent to frighten, is not felonious.

IN BRIEF: Showing criminal or evil purpose.

Robbing a bank is obviously a felonious act.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forbryderisk, ond, forræderisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
crimineel

Français (French)
adj. - (Jur) criminel (arch)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verbrecherisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εγκληματικός, (για εγκλήματα) ειδεχθής

Italiano (Italian)
criminale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perverso

Русский (Russian)
преступный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - criminal, culpable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - brottslig, skändlig (poet.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凶恶的, 重罪的, 极恶的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 兇惡的, 重罪的, 極惡的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 중죄의, 흉악한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 重罪の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شرير جدا , إجرامي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פושע, של פשע‬

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