Flagitious Definition & Meaning

flagitious
adjective
  1. extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations"
  2. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

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