feloniously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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One in eight officers who were feloniously killed died during a traffic stop, FBI statistics from 2019 show.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021
When an officer is killed feloniously, there is a “playbook” of investigations, of honors, of support for the family, said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the forum.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2021
It’s a strange objection from someone who rails against the growing blandness of New York — the chain stores and suburban sensibilities, the colonization by the rich, the boring, the feloniously ahistoric.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2021
The attorney general’s office provided statistics dating back to 1987 on officers that were feloniously killed in the line of duty.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
"Pretty-mouth," says Lovelace, with the air of a man who is caught feloniously appropriating sheep; but unable to refrain from bending wistful looks upon the topic of his discourse.
From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous
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