ill fame

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Only a person who was already of ill fame, for example, could be subjected to torture in order to force a confession.

From Time

There is, of course, a good reason for am-dram's ill fame.

From The Guardian

The consignment of Christian virgins to houses of ill fame was one of the most common incidents in the later acts of martyrs which were invented in the middle ages.

From Project Gutenberg

I kept my eye upon one of those priests, from the moment he entered this house of ill fame until twelve o'clock at night.

From Project Gutenberg

And this, in Flanders, is the signal that the drinkers make when they are angry, and when they are like to ransack and despoil in their wrath the houses of ill fame.

From Project Gutenberg