1. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
   "The police were searching for the felon who had robbed the bank";
   - criminal, crook [informal], outlaw, malefactor [formal], crim [Brit, informal]
    
2. A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
   "The chef developed a painful felon on his index finger";
   - whitlow

Derived forms: felons

Type of: infection, principal

Encyclopedia: Felon, Territoire de Belfort