Felonries

/ˈfɛlənriz/ noun

Definition

Plural of 'felonry,' an archaic term for felonies or the act of committing serious crimes.

Etymology

From 'felonry' (Old French origin), an older word for serious criminal acts. The plural -ies form appeared in Middle English legal documents.

Kelly Says

The word 'felonries' appears in Shakespeare and medieval courts, but it eventually lost out to 'felonies'—a great example of how simpler spellings naturally win in language evolution.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
przestępczo
pre-stę-pc-zo
ARالعربية
جرائم
jārā'im
BNবাংলা
অপরাধ
oparaadh
CACatalà
dels
dels
CSČeština
zločiny
zloč-iny
DADansk
forbrydelser
for-bry-del-ser
DEDeutsch
Gauner
gauer
ELΕλληνικά
εγκλήματα
en-klime-mata
ESEspañol
felonías
fe-lo-ni-as
FAفارسی
جنایت
jenāyat
FISuomi
rikokset
ri-ko-kset
FRFrançais
félonies
fe-lo-ni-es
GUGU
przestępczo
pre-stę-pc-zo
HAHA
laifin
lai-fin
HEעברית
פשעים
p'sha-im
HIहिन्दी
अपराध
aparaadh
HUMagyar
bűncselekmények
bűn-ce-le-k-men-yek
IDBahasa Indonesia
kejahatan
ke-ja-ha-tan
IGIG
n'eti
ne-ti
ITItaliano
felonie
fe-lo-nie
JA日本語
犯罪
hanzai
KKKK
әділетсіз
a-di-let-siz
KMKM
ប្រព្រឹត្តការ
bra-prou-rt-ka-ar
KO한국어
범죄
beom-joe
MRMR
अपराध
aparaadh
MSBahasa Melayu
jenayah
je-na-yah
MYမြန်မာ
ကျူးလွန်
kyoo-luon
NLNederlands
misdrijven
mis-dri-ven
NONorsk
forbrytelser
for-bry-tel-ser
PAPA
przestępczo
pre-stę-pc-zo
PLPolski
przestępstwa
przestęp-stwa
PTPortuguês
felonias
fe-lo-nias
RORomână
infracțiuni
in-fra-țiu-ni
RUРусский
преступления
pre-stup-leniya
SVSvenska
brott
brott
SWKiswahili
uhalifu
u-ha-li-fu
TAதமிழ்
குற்றங்கள்
kuṟṟaṅ-gal
TEతెలుగు
విధ్వంసకరాలు
vidhvaṃsaka-ra-alu
THไทย
อาชญากรรม
ā-chānā-kham
TLTL
krimen
kri-men
TRTürkçe
suçlar
suç-lar
UKУкраїнська
злочини
zlo-chiny
URاردو
جرائم
jārā'im
VITiếng Việt
tội phạm
tội phạm
YOYO
àwọn àṣẹ
awon ashe
ZH中文
罪行
zuì xíng
ZUZU
izwi
i-zwi

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