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Meanings of desperado in английском

португальский
bandido
каталонский
criminal desesperat

A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

        bandido
        русский
        desperado
        каталонский
        desperado

        Chess term; piece that is "en prise" or trapped, but captures an enemy piece before it is itself captured.

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                desperado
                Синонимы
                Examples for "desperate criminal"
                Examples for "desperate criminal"
                1
                This convict is the most daring and desperate criminal in the Missouri penitentiary.
                The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
                2
                For some months you lived as a desperate criminal in Seattle.
                The Sky Line of Spruce
                3
                He is a desperate criminal to have followed Paul about as he did.
                Frank and Andy Afloat; Or, The Cave on the Island
                4
                Just to think of that easy talking little man being a desperate criminal!
                The Aeroplane Boys Flight; Or, A Hydroplane Roundup
                5
                By his own statement, he is not a desperate criminal.
                Beverly of Graustark
                Usage of desperado in английском
                1
                But I was brave enough now; a very desperado in the daylight.
                Wanderers
                2
                The full current of the river was between them and the desperado.
                Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
                3
                An armed desperado slapped my face in the presence of twenty spectators.
                What Is Man? and Other Essays
                4
                One eye still on the desperado, he searched for the steel handcuffs.
                Man-Size
                5
                He is the desperado frantically clutching at an uncertain and impossible satisfaction.
                Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
                6
                What hardened ferocity in the countenance of the desperado in yellow breeches!
                Roundabout Papers
                7
                They're watching this house for a desperado who assaulted some one outside.
                The Big-Town Round-Up
                8
                After a moment of sullen reflection the desperado said, Five hundred dollars!
                Overland: A Novel
                9
                Damn fool mechanic for desperado duties aiding and abetting Audubon Ballroom sociopaths-
                Cauldron of Ghosts
                10
                My dear Lizzie, every desperado in the country takes refuge in the Rockies.
                Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
                11
                Then the posse vanished on the fresh trail of the desperado.
                The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
                12
                The desperado staggered to the sled and leaned against it faintly.
                Man-Size
                13
                The other evidences that Charles was a desperado the writer described as follows:
                Mob Rule in New Orleans / Robert Charles and His Fight to Death,...
                14
                The broken teeth of the desperado clicked as his jaw clamped.
                Man-Size
                15
                Of course, I judged he wasn't an actual cowboy, but a desperado instead.
                Savage
                16
                That desperado did not know anyone anywhere within a thousand miles.
                Victory: An Island Tale
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                Translations for desperado
                португальский
                bandido
                русский
                desperado
                Desperado through the time
                Desperado across language varieties
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