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Meanings of common felon in English

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Usage of common felon in English
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He was to be arrested to-day as a common felon.
What's Bred in the Bone
2
Let them shoot him, if they wanted to, or hang him like a common felon.
Men in War
3
So low had the emperor of the Aztecs fallen, that he must bear chains like a common felon.
Montezuma's Daughter
4
He expressed some displeasure at being executed as a common felon, exposed to the eyes of such a multitude.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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This was a fresh and incredibly unwelcome experience for me, parading in front of folks like a common felon.
The Kingmaker
6
One word from me, and your liberty is gone; you will be dragged through the streets like a common felon.
The Weapons of Mystery
7
Did you not know that until your return he would have to lie on the bench here like a common felon?
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
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Mrs. Collins, a lady of refinement, a gentlewoman in every sense of the word-isshe to be dragged to Police Headquarters like a common felon?
The Substitute Prisoner
9
Lord James Rait died in Dartmoor Prison- acommonfelon.
The Ivory Trail
10
'But they hanged him for his loyalty, as if he were a common felon.'
Cross of St. George
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James Renwick lies interred with that of eight other martyrs, and with the remains of a hundred common felons.
The Life of James Renwick / A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Lab...
12
I say with common felons!
The Last Chronicle of Barset
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There were many prisoners, not common felons, but people who had been taken for reasons of State or sometimes of religion.
The Wanderer's Necklace
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"Think you I would arrest my son like a common felon-shamehim like that?"
The Helmet of Navarre
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From the Bridewell, Ellwood was at length removed to Newgate, and thrust in, with other "Friends," amidst the common felons.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
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'The boy may be our Crown Prince', Grayling went on, 'but in the eyes of the law, he is a common felon'.
Faerie Wars
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