"public enemy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: public enemies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} public enemy (plural public enemies)
  1. A criminal widely regarded as dangerous or antisocial. Derived forms: public enemy number one Translations (public enemy): обще́ствен враг (obštéstven vrag) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 公敵 (Chinese Mandarin), 公敌 (gōngdí) (Chinese Mandarin), yhteiskunnan vihollinen (Finnish), ennemi public [masculine] (French), ennemie publique [feminine] (French), Staatsfeind [masculine] (German), Staatsfeindin [feminine] (German), δημοτικός εχθρός (dimotikós echthrós) [masculine] (Greek), δημόσιος εχθρός (dimósios echthrós) [masculine] (Greek), nemico pubblico [masculine] (Italian), nemica pubblica [feminine] (Italian), 公敵 (kōteki) (alt: こうてき) (Japanese), 공적 (gongjeok) (alt: 公敵) (Korean), folkefiende [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkefiende [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wróg publiczny [masculine] (Polish), inamic public [masculine] (Romanian), enemigo público [masculine] (Spanish), enemiga pública [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-public_enemy-en-noun-oFHuDj6D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for public enemy meaning in English (3.3kB)

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      "sense": "public enemy",
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      "sense": "public enemy",
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      "sense": "public enemy"
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