The act of harboring, sheltering, or aiding criminals; the crime of assisting felons to escape or hide from justice.
Present participle or noun form of 'felonsetter.' Medieval English compound describing the crime of aiding criminals in medieval law courts.
In medieval England, 'felonsetting' was so serious that entire villages could be fined if they harbored a murderer—justice was collective, making silence dangerous.
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