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"text": "He was an infamous traitor.",
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"ref": "1995, Leonard Nimoy, I Am Spock, New York: Hyperion, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:",
"text": "Soon we arrived at the Beijing Hotel—within shouting distance of the now infamous Tienanmen Square.",
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"ref": "2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43:",
"text": "These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰",
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"ref": "2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:",
"text": "Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic route for men and supplies to the British naval fleets stationed at Scapa Flow in both world wars, the Duke's legacy looked to have passed into history when it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching report.",
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"word": "ชื่อเสีย"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "alçak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "ayıp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "iğrenç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "kepaze"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "kötü şöhretli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "rezil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "rezilane"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "rezilcesine"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "utanç verici"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezslávnyj",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "безсла́вний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sumnozvísnyj",
"sense": "having a bad reputation",
"word": "сумнозві́сний"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sramen",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "срамен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pozoren",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "позорен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùguāngcǎi",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "不光彩"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "æruleysur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "infâme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "abominable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "abscheulich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "schändlich"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "apmānajnak",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "अपमानजनक"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "propudiosus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "propudianus"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "anghooagh"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "unhlīsful"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "sċandlīċ"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "vanhederlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "skändlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "avskyvärd"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "iğrenç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "kepaze"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "rezil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "rezilane"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "rezilcesine"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "disgraceful — see also disgraceful, scandalous",
"word": "utanç verici"
}
],
"word": "infamous"
}
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