English > desperado: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier). |
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Synonym | desperate criminal |
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Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
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Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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Spanish | bandido, forajido |
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Catalan | bandit, criminal desesperat |
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