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Infamous vs. Nefarious

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Infamousadjective

Having a bad reputation, disreputable; notoriously bad, unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something bad.

‘He was an infamous traitor.’; ‘He was an infamous perjurer.’;

Nefariousadjective

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

‘Vikings, pirates, outlaws, Native Americans, Confederate soldiers, Roman soldiers, hessians, and German soldiers in both world wars all committed many nefarious deeds.’; ‘Aliens have a nefarious connotation in many science fiction books.’;

Infamousadjective

Causing infamy; disgraceful.

‘This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.’;

Nefariousadjective

Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

Infamousadjective

Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.

Nefariousadjective

extremely wicked;

‘nefarious schemes’; ‘a villainous plot’; ‘a villainous band of thieves’;

Infamousadjective

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.

‘False errant knight, infamous, and forsworn.’;

Infamousadjective

Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.

Infamousadjective

Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

Infamousadjective

Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.

‘Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds.’; ‘The piny shadeMore infamous by cursed Lycaon made.’;

Infamousadjective

having an exceedingly bad reputation;

‘a notorious gangster’; ‘the tenderloin district was notorious for vice’;

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