public enemy number one
Example Sentences
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Guzman's designation as Public Enemy Number One by the CCC - a non-governmental organisation - "helped to raise awareness both nationally and internationally", says Mr Bensinger.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2014
Most of the things make me sound like a young, pompous Public Enemy Number One who does nothing but groove around with the jet set.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the news got around that I was also responsible for unleashing the runaway globe that bowled out the gym, I was really going to be Public Enemy Number One.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
He's not exactly Public Enemy Number One, or even Number Fifty, but he's well known to the police of most large cities.
From The Blue Ghost Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
