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What does notorious mean?

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Adjective
  1. Widely known, especially for something bad; infamous.
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The army, on the other hand, is notorious for its protection rackets and other illegal activities in the province.
Watchers are notorious pencil sharpeners, ribbon changers, plant waterers, home repairers and abhorrers of messy rooms or messy pages.
A deputy headteacher's career is in ruins after he was convicted of kerb-crawling in a notorious red light area.
They were laying kerbstones as a safety measure because the stretch of road is one of Swindon's most notorious accident hotspots.
The most notorious madam of the era was one Elizabeth Hayward who ran bagnios with a rare wit.
And it is why Britain's most notorious murderess, Myra Hindley, who has just died, properly stayed in prison until the end.

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