Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telefelony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-felony
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

""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."

Etymology

From tele- + felony.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tele

Inflected Forms

telefelonies (plural)

Questions

What does telefelony mean?: Criminal action involving telecommunications technology, such as cable theft or telephone fraud.
Where does telefelony come from?: From tele- + felony.

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