Infamous

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	1.	Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer. False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn. - Spenser.
	2.	Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.
	3.	(Law) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
	4.	Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. - Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. - Dryden.

Adj.

1.

infamous - having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" Synonyms: ill-famed, notorious

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