English-Dutch translations for infamous

• berucht
  De beruchte Bene?-decreten zijn hiervoor een goed voorbeeld. The infamous Bene? decrees are a good example of this.
  Ik verwijs hier natuurlijk naar de beruchte 'three strikes'-wetten. Here, of course, I refer to the infamous 'three strikes' laws.
  Een laatste punt betreft de beroemde, of beruchte, paragraaf 22 van dit verslag. The final point I have is on the famous, or perhaps infamous, paragraph 22 of this report.

Definition of infamous

• Having a bad reputation, disreputable; notoriously bad, unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something bad
• Causing infamy; disgraceful
• 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

Examples

• He was an infamous traitor.
• He was an infamous perjurer.
• This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.

Related words

• infamy
• infamously
• infamant
• mark of infamy
• mark of infamy or disgrace