felon:
(plural: ‘felons‘)
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a felon behind bars
a person who is guilty of a felony, i.e. who has committed a crime, such as murder, rape, arson (setting fire to public property), burglary, etc.;
a criminal;
(old usage) a very bad, wicked or evil person,
a would-be felon about to stab someone
Julia got a terrible shock when she found out that her fiancée was a convicted felon on charges of rape of minor girls!
Some people argue that we should not label a person for doing simple crimes such as stealing a dollar or two or breaking a window, or something like that a felon, but those people ignore the fact that it’s not how much they steal or what they break but it’s the actual act, the act of stealing, and the criminal mind that is to be taken into account.
In some countries, especially in the United States, felons who are serving their sentence are not allowed to vote in any elections, and, in addition, felons on parole and ex-felons find life difficult because their families abandon them, and they cannot find proper accommodation or decent employment.
It is found out that the number of young felons is on a very sharp rise. Most of the young felons are mostly from the single parent families and low income groups, and every attempt made by the governments is unsuccessful.
