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felonry /ˈfɛlənri /noun Australian historicalConvicts and ex-convicts regarded as a social class: the felonry have become rampant and insolent...- Britain's colonial policy was shaped by a desire to limit the evil effects of the felonry on Maori.
- Historians paid considerable attention to the circumstances that created this unwanted felonry.
- It was almost a game the Criminal Investigation Department played with the felonry, with both parties knowing where, sooner or later, the spotlight of police attention would fall.
Origin Mid 19th century: from felon1 + -ry. |