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most wanted list

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noun

  1. an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.


Example Sentences

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In the release, federal authorities said Reyna was on the FBI’s most wanted list tied to the crime.

From Los Angeles Times

The FBI had placed him on their Most Wanted list of Terrorists alongside Usama Bin Laden and Abdul Rahman Yasin, the man wanted for his part in planning the bombing of the World Trade Centre in 1993.

From BBC

Patel also spoke about the recent arrest of another man in Mexico who had been on the FBI's most wanted list.

From BBC

Mexico's top security official, Omar García Harfuch, said in a post on X that Patel had visited Mexico City on Thursday, and departed with two fugitives on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.

From BBC

In the 1970s McDonald made the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list; yet the FBI never uncovered the information Mr. Toledo reveals, in unvarnished detail, in “Don’t Talk About Joe Mac.”

From The Wall Street Journal