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[fel-uhn] / ˈfɛl ən /


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Eiglarsh added that Brown will be given a withholding of adjudication, meaning he will not be considered a convicted felon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The legal nightmare that ensued lasted more than a year, leaving me a felon and my family dealing with the fallout and trauma caused by the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Now the former top Republican official can add another distinction to his résumé: felon.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

He said federal immigration agents would be required to have judicial warrants before entering homes or businesses unless they were pursuing a known felon.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

In Boston, Wendell Phillips, Abolitionist and reformer, commended those who looked “upon that gibbet of John Brown, not as the scaffold of a felon, but as the cross of a martyr.”

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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