felony

One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.

entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.

n a crime less serious than a felony