telefelony

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English

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Etymology

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From tele- +‎ felony.

Noun

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telefelony (plural telefelonies)

  1. Criminal action involving telecommunications technology, such as cable theft or telephone fraud.
    • 1984 August 10, “Big Cable-Theft Crackdown Promised”, in Miami Herald:
      "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.

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