a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder or rape 重罪犯 felons who have served their sentence 服完刑的重罪犯 The law requires convicted felons entering the state to register their address with the police. 这项法律要求进入该州的已定罪重犯向警方登记住址。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- convicted
- former
- violent
- …
- serve something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘wicked, a wicked person’ (oblique case of fel ‘evil’), from medieval Latin fello, fellon-, of unknown origin.