notorious
Example Sentences
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Foreman, who is currently being held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, said her "heart breaks" for the Iranian people.
From BBC
That has not materialized, and notorious congestion within and around the stadium is as much a tradition as Dodger Dogs.
From Los Angeles Times
A Venezuelan man deported by the United States last year to a notorious prison in El Salvador filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday seeking $1.3 million in damages.
From Barron's
They are held in a network of prisons, including the notorious Evin, as well as secretive detention centers within security and intelligence complexes.
That included eight months inside the notorious Villa Marista prison where he was held with three other men in a filthy, vermin-infested cell the area of a king-size mattress.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
