most wanted list

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

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

"I was on holiday in Crimea when I got a message from a friend who saw that I had been put on the FBI Most Wanted list. I thought I had got away with it all - then I realised I have a new problem," he says, an obvious understatement.

From BBC

After his disappearance from California, the FBI named Mr San Diego on their most wanted list alongside others including Osama Bin Laden.

From BBC