felon
Convicted of worse
A felon is a person who has committed a felony—a serious crime such as murder, rape, or armed robbery.
The designation carries lasting legal consequences: felons often lose voting rights, cannot possess firearms, and face employment barriers.
As a convicted felon, he struggled to find work.
In older medical usage, a felon is a painful infection of the fingertip.
Confined criminal detainee
- inmateConfined facility resident
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- cellmateFellow prisoner, same room
sentence · imprisonment · parole · probation · custody · detention · confinement · correctional
Infected fingertip abscess
- paronychiaNail fold infection
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- fingertipTerminal phalanx pad
inflammation · pus · swelling · nail bed · lancing · drainage
Judged guilty of crime
- notoriousFamous for negativity
- disgracedBrought into shame
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
outcast · pariah · branded · ostracized · criminal record · background check · disenfranchised · unemployable
Organized crime member
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- racketeerOrganized crime participant
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
hoodlum · boss · dealer · pusher · informer · brigand · desperado · cutthroat
Illegal entry to commit crime
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- assaultViolent offensive act
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
theft · larceny · embezzlement · manslaughter · kidnapping · forgery · trafficking · extortion
Improve by correcting faults
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- second-chanceRenewed opportunity after failing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
restoration · counseling · mentoring · reentry · job training · sobriety · transformation · empowerment
prisoner
Confined criminal detainee
- inmateConfined facility resident
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
cellmate · sentence · imprisonment · parole · probation · custody · detention · confinement · correctional · warden
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Infected fingertip abscess
- paronychiaNail fold infection
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
fingertip · inflammation · pus · swelling · nail bed · lancing · drainage
convicted
Judged guilty of crime
- notoriousFamous for negativity
- disgracedBrought into shame
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
blacklisted · outcast · pariah · branded · ostracized · criminal record · background check · disenfranchised · unemployable · marked
mobster
Organized crime member
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- racketeerOrganized crime participant
enforcer · hoodlum · boss · dealer · pusher · informer · brigand · desperado · cutthroat · organized crime
burglary
Illegal entry to commit crime
fraud · theft · larceny · embezzlement · manslaughter · kidnapping · forgery · trafficking · extortion · murder
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- second-chanceRenewed opportunity after failing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
recovery · restoration · counseling · mentoring · reentry · job training · sobriety · transformation · empowerment · expungement
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- rule breakersrulebreaker, transgressor, violator, offender, lawbreaker
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
feloninnocent
Free from moral wrong
acquitted · exonerated · unconvicted · cleared · blameless
- felony chargesAccusations of major crimes
- convicted felon
- felony convictionGuilty verdict, serious crime
- felony recordDocumentation of serious crimes
- felony murderKilling during commission of crime
- felony casesSerious crime legal proceedings