infamies: meaning and definitions

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What is infamies?

What is infamies?

  • Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious: an infamous outlaw.
  • Causing or deserving severe public condemnation; heinous:"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury"(US Constitution, Amendment 5).
  • Law Convicted of a crime, such as treason or felony, that carries a severe punishment. No longer in technical use.

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