feloniously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“Law enforcement officers are being feloniously killed in the line of duty at an alarming rate,” Wells said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022
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
"And I learn," continued the attorney, "that the papers, by means of which he expected to prove his noble descent have been feloniously abstracted from these premises?"
From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef
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