telefelony

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noun

Criminal action involving telecommunications technology, such as cable theft or telephone fraud.

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Meanings

nountelefelony (plural telefelonies)

plural telefelonies

  1. Criminal action involving telecommunications technology, such as cable theft or telephone fraud.

    "We mean business," Chuck Blaine, general manager of Group W Cable in West Palm Beach, said at an elaborate press conference staged to publicize the crackdown on what one cable official called "telefelonies" that cost the companies more than $11 million in revenue a year.

    1984 August 10, “Big Cable-Theft Crackdown Promised”, in Miami Herald

Origin

From tele- + felony.

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APA

telefelony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telefelony

MLA

“telefelony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telefelony. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telefelony,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telefelony.

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