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Felon vs Crim - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between felon and crim

is that felon is a person who has committed a felony while crim is a criminal.

felon

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) felun, feloun, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who has committed a felony.
  • * 1859 , (Charles Dickens), A Tale of Two Cities , James Nisbet & Company (1902), Book 3, Chapter 6, page 340:
  • Looking at the Jury and the turbulent audience, he might have thought that the usual order of things was reversed, and that the felons were trying the honest men.
  • (legal) A person who has been tried]] and [[conviction, convicted of a felony.
  • Synonyms
    * (one who has committed a felony) criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.
  • See also

    * whitlow

    References

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    crim

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, informal) A criminal.
  • Anagrams

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