'Felonious' definitions:
Definition of 'felonious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" [syn: criminal, felonious]
Definition of 'Felonious'
From: GCIDE
- Felonious \Fe*lo"ni*ous\, a. Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide. [1913 Webster]
- O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars? --Milton. -- {Fe*lo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fe*lo"ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'felonious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actionable,
- against the law,
- amoral,
- anarchic,
- anarchistic,
- anomic,
- black-market,
- bootleg,
- chargeable,
- conscienceless,
- contraband,
- contrary to law,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- criminal,
- crooked,
- dark,
- devious,
- dishonest,
- dishonorable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- evasive,
- evildoing,
- fishy,
- flawed,
- fraudulent,
- ill-got,
- ill-gotten,
- illegal,
- illegitimate,
- illicit,
- immoral,
- impermissible,
- indirect,
- iniquitous,
- insidious,
- irregular,
- justiciable,
- lawless,
- malefactory,
- malfeasant,
- nonconstitutional,
- nonlegal,
- nonlicit,
- not kosher,
- outlaw,
- outlawed,
- punishable,
- questionable,
- rotten,
- shady,
- shameless,
- shifty,
- sinful,
- sinister,
- slippery,
- suspicious,
- triable,
- tricky,
- unallowed,
- unauthorized,
- unconscienced,
- unconscientious,
- unconscionable,
- unconstitutional,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unethical,
- unlawful,
- unofficial,
- unprincipled,
- unsavory,
- unscrupulous,
- unstatutory,
- unstraightforward,
- unwarrantable,
- unwarranted,
- wicked,
- without remorse,
- without shame,
- wrong,
- wrongdoing,
- wrongful