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

He spent nearly 10 years on the FBI's Most Wanted list and was a leader of two separate gangs in two distinct periods of cyber-crime history.

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"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.

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

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A suspected double bomber on the FBI's most wanted list who vanished for 21 years is due in court this week to decide if he will be sent back to the United States to face trial.

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Elpidio Reyna, 39, was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List following his alleged participation in a standoff against federal agents after they conducted a raid at a nearby Home Depot on June 7.

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