yesterday's public enemies and villains have a habit of becoming present-day cult figures
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Foxhunting is nothing more than an excuse for a bunch of bloodthirsty twisted people to go out and get pleasure out of torture without going to jail and without being labelled public enemies by the government.
First, clause 19 which mentions acts of public enemies, pirates and assailing thieves.
The condemnation visited upon the memory of a public enemy - in this case Octavian's defeated rival - and the consequent destruction of his images appear to have been more than usually effective.
AD 68: Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, aged 32, after the Senate had declared him a public enemy.
They pronounced the bet illegal, since, on the one hand, an interest was created in the preservation of the life of a public enemy, and, on the other hand, an interest in his assassination.
1.1A person or thing regarded as the greatest threat to a group or community.
〈喻〉社会公敌，危害社会的人
he identified inflation as public enemy number one
他认为通货膨胀是头号社会公敌。
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Therefore our task as the new public enemy number one is to make sure we don't lose our human face, to show them that do-gooders are so inclined because they are compassionate people, not because they are a snobby bunch of intellectuals.
Slugs and snails have been public enemy number one in gardens for years.
It is clearly a product of the post-war era in which inflation was public enemy number one throughout the Western world.
The man regarded by many traditional art lovers as public enemy number one for his support of the Young British Artists who showed beds, sharks and sheep in place of canvases has made a remarkable about-turn.
In fact they would see me as public enemy number one.
Definition of public enemy in US English:
public enemy
nounˈpəblik ˈenəmēˈpəblɪk ˈɛnəmi
1A notorious wanted criminal.
（臭名昭著的）通缉犯
Example sentencesExamples
First, clause 19 which mentions acts of public enemies, pirates and assailing thieves.
AD 68: Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, aged 32, after the Senate had declared him a public enemy.
Foxhunting is nothing more than an excuse for a bunch of bloodthirsty twisted people to go out and get pleasure out of torture without going to jail and without being labelled public enemies by the government.
The condemnation visited upon the memory of a public enemy - in this case Octavian's defeated rival - and the consequent destruction of his images appear to have been more than usually effective.
They pronounced the bet illegal, since, on the one hand, an interest was created in the preservation of the life of a public enemy, and, on the other hand, an interest in his assassination.
1.1A person or thing regarded as the greatest threat to a group or community.
〈喻〉社会公敌，危害社会的人
he identified inflation as public enemy number one
他认为通货膨胀是头号社会公敌。
Example sentencesExamples
Therefore our task as the new public enemy number one is to make sure we don't lose our human face, to show them that do-gooders are so inclined because they are compassionate people, not because they are a snobby bunch of intellectuals.
The man regarded by many traditional art lovers as public enemy number one for his support of the Young British Artists who showed beds, sharks and sheep in place of canvases has made a remarkable about-turn.
In fact they would see me as public enemy number one.
It is clearly a product of the post-war era in which inflation was public enemy number one throughout the Western world.
Slugs and snails have been public enemy number one in gardens for years.