infamous

/ˈɪn·fə·məs/ adj

Definition

› well known for something bad; notorious: He is infamous for saying that cheating is the way the game is played. infamy

/ˈɪn·fə·mi/ n [U] › Franklin Roosevelt spoke of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor as “a day that will live in infamy.”

(Definition of infamous adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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