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Infamous

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Adjective

1. ill-famed, infamous, notorious

known widely and usually unfavorably

Example Sentences:
'a notorious gangster'
'the tenderloin district was notorious for vice'
'the infamous Benedict Arnold'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Infamous

see synonyms of infamous
adjective
1. 
having a bad reputation; notorious
2. 
causing or deserving a bad reputation; shocking
infamous conduct
3. criminal law (formerly)
a. 
(of a person) deprived of certain rights of citizenship on conviction of certain offences
b. 
(of a crime or punishment) entailing such deprivation

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Infamous

see synonyms of infamous
adjective
1. 
having a very bad reputation; notorious; in disgrace or dishonor
2. 
causing or deserving a bad reputation; scandalous; outrageous
3.  Law
a. 
punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary
said of certain crimes, usually felonies
b. 
guilty of such a crime

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Infamous

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adj.
1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious: an infamous outlaw.
2. Causing or deserving severe public condemnation; heinous: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury" (US Constitution, Amendment 5).
3. Law Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries a severe punishment. No longer in technical use.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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