All 6 Uses of
notorious
in
Half the Sky
- The school was built in Pailin, a Cambodian town on the Thai border that is notorious for cheap brothels that cater to Thai men.†
Chpt 1
- Big talk goes far in India--faced with a stern threat to "make the appropriate phone calls" if the terrified-looking DMSC official did not cooperate, she took us in the direction of the notorious Neel Kamal.†
Chpt 2
- We saw such a shift in Svay Pak, a Cambodian village that used to be one of the most notorious places in the world for sex slavery.†
Chpt 2
- Our unusual purchase came about when Nick traveled with Naka Nathaniel, then a New York Times videographer, to an area in northwestern Cambodia notorious for its criminality.†
Chpt 2
- ...he wanted Pakistan to be renowned for a sizzling economy, not notorious for barbaric rapes.†
Chpt 4 *
- It had been a military parade ground for the previous government, notorious as the spot where people were imprisoned, flogged, and executed.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(notorious) well known for something bad