most wanted list

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

The latest addition to the most-wanted list, Hafeez Saeed, the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba, does not even make any pretence of hiding.

From The Daily Beast

But today, more modern items top the most-wanted list of prison contraband: iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Droids.

From The Daily Beast

Solving the fatigue problem has been on the National Transportation Safety Board's most-wanted list of improvements for decades.

From The Daily Beast

Bruce Riedel on the little-known bomb maker at the top of U.S. officials' most-wanted list.

From The Daily Beast

The names of the various warlords who have endorsed Karzai read almost like a most-wanted list from Human Rights Watch.

From The Daily Beast