notorious
noh taw ree uhs
- s  known widely and usually unfavorably; 
                    
                        
                            
a notorious gangster
the tenderloin district was notorious for vice 
- The President has promised to close down the notorious detention camp by the next twelve months.
 - PTI's list of the most notorious presidential pardons.
 - PTI's list of the most notorious crimes of the past century, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Lindbergh kidnapping.