General Legal Term for a Serious Crime

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Question is: General Legal Term for a Serious Crime

and the answer is: FELONY

Word Meaning:

FELONY — (law, criminology, US, historical in UK) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

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