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What does infamous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Having a bad reputation, disreputable; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; widely known, especially for something bad.
  2. Causing infamy; disgraceful.
  3. (Britain, historical) 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.
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Dean wasn't just whistling Dixie when he made his infamous remark about reaching out to bubbas bearing Confederate flags.
It tells of a meeting with Harold Larwood long after the infamous bodyline series.
The infamous killer whale has a reputation for attacking mammals such as sea-lions, smaller dolphins and, in packs, even other whales.
Winds just as strong rage from the Gulf of Alaska, infamous for terrible storms that drop several hundred inches of rain and snow annually.
Then there's her infamous ' wardrobe malfunction ' at the Super Bowl half-time ceremony.
And not even the infamous wiggle of his Cleopatra can compare to his passion for golf.

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