{
    "term": "felony",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the act of committing a serious crime such as murder or rape; a crime of this type",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a charge of felony"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was charged with felony assault."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a felony punishable by up to six years in prison"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was indicted on three felony charges of lying to the grand jury."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["federal", "serious", "first-degree"],
                "verb + felony": ["commit", "be punishable by", "be charged with"],
                "felony + noun": ["charge", "conviction", "offense"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeləni/",
                "audio": "fe/felony/felony__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeləni/",
                "audio": "fe/felony/felony__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French felonie, from felon ‘wicked, a wicked person’ (oblique case of fel ‘evil’), from medieval Latin fello, fellon-, of unknown origin."
}