in England / Great Britain, a judicial punishment which deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law
having a bad reputation; of bad report; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer
Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous
Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness
having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"
Infamous people or things are well-known because of something bad. He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes. = notorious. well known for being bad or evil (infamis, from fama; FAME)
Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer
Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption