feloniously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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More police officers were feloniously killed in 2021 than any previous year since 1995.
From Fox News ● Feb. 8, 2022
“Law enforcement officers are being feloniously killed in the line of duty at an alarming rate,” Wells said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
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
We walked round a little bit, filling our eyes with beauty; feloniously abstracted a few wild flowers and a fir cone or two, and reluctantly left Hazelwood.
From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon
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