felons
Major law breakers
Felons is the plural of felon—a person who has committed a felony, which is a serious crime typically punishable by imprisonment for more than a year.
The category includes murderers, rapists, armed robbers, and major drug traffickers.
In the United States, felons often lose certain civil rights: Felons can't vote in some states, Felons are prohibited from owning firearms.
The label tends to follow people permanently, affecting employment and housing long after sentences are served.
Those who commit wrongs
- convictsImprisoned felons
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
- culpritsThose at fault
lawbreakers · wrongdoers · thieves · burglars · robbers · fraudsters · embezzlers · arsonists
Firmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- verdictOfficial court decision
guilty · prosecution · plea · parole · probation · arraignment · bail · judge
Fame from misdeeds
disrepute · ignominy · pariah · outcast · ostracism · discrimination · unemployable · blacklisted
Fugitive from justice
- banditArmed roadside thief
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
brigand · buccaneer · pirate · renegade · exile · wanted · bounty · gallows
Improve by correcting faults
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- second-chanceRenewed opportunity after failing
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- therapyCurative mental treatment
education · employment · sobriety · mentorship · accountability · reentry · work-release
offenders
Those who commit wrongs
- convictsImprisoned felons
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
culprits · lawbreakers · wrongdoers · thieves · burglars · robbers · fraudsters · embezzlers · arsonists · murderers
conviction
Firmly held belief
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- trialJudicial examination of claims
verdict · guilty · prosecution · plea · parole · probation · arraignment · bail · judge · courtroom
notoriety
Fame from misdeeds
stigma · disrepute · ignominy · pariah · outcast · ostracism · discrimination · unemployable · blacklisted · branded
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
highwayman · brigand · buccaneer · pirate · renegade · exile · wanted · bounty · gallows · transportation
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- second-chanceRenewed opportunity after failing
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
therapy · education · employment · sobriety · mentorship · accountability · reentry · work-release
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
- prisonersprisoners, inmates, convicts, jailbirds, lifers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
felonspolice officers
Sworn law enforcers
judges · prosecutors · wardens · corrections officers · parole officers
- 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