| 单词 | wanted man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswanted man 2. Of a person: sought by the police or a similar agency in connection with a crime. Frequently in wanted man. Cf. most wanted adj. and n. (a) at most adj., pron., n., and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > that is or has been sought > sought by police, etc. wanted1876 most wanted1949 1876 E. O. B. Heffernan Let. 12 Sept. in A. H.-G. Stanmore Lett. & Notes Disturbances Highlands (1879) II. 315 Allowing the wanted men to remain for six weeks where they are, until Captain Knollys's arrival, will not be good for either Beimana or Koroinasau. 1879 M. C. Houstoun Twenty Years in Wild West xiii. 116 Tom, the ‘wanted’ man, was..found guilty of murder. 1912 Sphere 28 Dec. 338/3 A periodical called The Detective, in which portraits of wanted persons are given. 1977 R. Rendell Judgement in Stone (1979) xxiii. 166 Identikit pictures of the two wanted men appeared in every national newspaper on Wednesday. 1985 T. Parker Soldier, Soldier xii. 166 Her husband is a wanted man. 2002 Borneo Post 18 Nov. 5/1 This man was..a key..gang member and a wanted criminal. < as lemmas |
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