1. (a.) Of very bad report; having a public reputation Of the worst kind\; held in abhorrence; guilty Of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.

2. (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.

3. (a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.

4. (a.) Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous.

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