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A felony is a major crime with a minimum penalty of one year in prison. (noun)

An example of felony is rape.

See felony in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a major crime, as murder, arson, or rape, for which statute usually provides a greater punishment than for a misdemeanor: the usual minimum penalty is imprisonment for one year

See felony in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(fĕlˈə-nē)

noun pl. fel·o·nies
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One of several grave crimes, such as murder, rape, or burglary, punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor.
Any of several crimes in early English law that were punishable by forfeiture of land or goods and by possible loss of life or a bodily part.

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