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/fləˈdʒɪʃəs/
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fləˈdʒɪʃəs
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Adjective
Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal.
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This young Nobleman was not only a flagitious Punster himself, but was accessary to the Punning of others, by Consent, by Provocation, by Connivance, and by Defence of the Evil committed […] .
The duke found his soldiery half disciplined, flagitious, disorderly and inefficient: he rendered them, in his own words, a "perfect organ."
As flagitious as he can be, Mr. Trump has been a legitimate news figure and, thus, what he had to say should be aired.
Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous.
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But if in Noble Minds ſome Dregs remain, / Not yet purg'd off, of Spleen and ſow'r Diſdain, / Diſcharge that Rage on more Provoking Crimes, / Nor fear a Dearth on theſe Flagitious Times.
Less extensively mischievous, tyrannicide would be less flagitious than populicide; murder of one, though he were a Secretary of State; or—but imagination must stop here—than murder of a promiscuous multitude of unarmed men, women, and children.
As he entered he boomed: "Monstrous! Flagitious!"
Adjective
extremely wicked, deeply criminal
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a flagitious crime
heinous accusations
shockingly brutal or cruel
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murder is an atrocious crime
a grievous offense against morality
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a grievous crime
no excess was too monstrous for them to commit