felony
Definition
In the US legal system, a crime (such as arson, assault, burglary, kidnapping, murder, rape, robbery, theft) that is more serious than misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment with hard labor, or death. In the UK legal system, all distinctions between misdemeanor and felony were abolished in 1967, and all indictable offenses are regulated by the same rules.
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