Noun
An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.
A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDrinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony. Robert Benchley
I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times. Vincent Bugliosi
I suppose I shall have to compound a felony as usual. Arthur Conan Doyle
In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony. Harlan Ellison
Dr. Bob managed so successfully to turn the answer to every question into a mini-lecture on self-esteem and positive thinking, that Ethan wanted Hazard to arrest him on charges of Felony Cliché and Practicing Philosophy Without An Idea. Dean Koontz
If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron. Spider Robinson