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notorious
adjective as in unfavorably famous
Example Sentences
HASAKAH, Syria—In a wing of the notorious Al Sina prison in northeastern Syria, where some of the world’s most dangerous inmates are held, guards wearing balaclavas stood along a corridor lined with cells.
I have a theory, however, that the band's notorious dislike of "the old stuff" is an elaborate ruse.
“Nonsense; that is mere superstition. There have been many competent lady sailors, and even notorious lady pirates. Not that being a pirate is anything to brag about.”
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said he was “one of the most notorious organized-crime figures in Latin America.”
In 2021, the US sanctioned its Rapid Action Battalion - a notorious police unit accused of carrying out numerous extra-judicial killings - citing human rights violations.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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