"dead or alive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From usage in wanted posters in the 19th century American West and, especially in popular drama about the American West in that period. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dead or alive (not comparable)
  1. Either dead or alive. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: wanted dead or alive Related terms: more dead than alive
    Sense id: en-dead_or_alive-en-adj-fBN0Xlfg
  2. Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment. Tags: not-comparable Translations (wanted poster term): حَيّ أَوْ مَيِّت (ḥayy ʔaw mayyit) (Arabic), 活要见人死要见尸 (huó yào jiàn rén sǐ yào jiàn shī) (Chinese Mandarin), elävänä tai kuolleena (Finnish), mort ou vif (French), tot oder lebendig (German), élve vagy halva (Hungarian), dauður eða lifandi (Icelandic), lífs eða liðinn [masculine] (Icelandic), vivo o morto [masculine] (Italian), żywy czy martwy (Polish), viu sau mort [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dead_or_alive-en-adj-f9kpPuI6 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'wanted poster term': 2 98

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          "sense": "wanted poster term",
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          "sense": "wanted poster term",
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      "sense": "wanted poster term",
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      "sense": "wanted poster term",
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