Usually means: Threat to society or state.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word public enemy:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. public enemy: Merriam-Webster
  2. public enemy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. public enemy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. public enemy: Wiktionary
  5. public enemy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. public enemy: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. public enemy: Dictionary.com
  8. Public Enemy (TV series), Public Enemy (band), Public Enemy (group), Public Enemy (music group), Public Enemy (professional wrestling), Public Enemy (wrestling), Public Enemy, Public enemy (disambiguation), Public enemy (term), Public enemy, The Public Enemy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. public enemy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Public enemy (term), public enemy: Legal dictionary

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  1. Public enemy (term), public enemy: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (public enemy)

▸ noun:  A criminal widely regarded as dangerous or antisocial.

Similar:
public enemy number one, worst enemy, malignant, enemy of the people, hate figure, enemie, ennemie, enemy, nemesis, hostile, more...

Opposite:
ally, friend, supporter, comrade

Phrases:
public enemy number one, public enemy (term), Public Enemy No. 1, The Public Enemy, Public Enemy discography, more...

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Similar:
public enemy number one, worst enemy, malignant, enemy of the people, hate figure, enemie, ennemie, enemy, nemesis, hostile, more...

Opposite:
ally, friend, supporter, comrade

Phrases:
public enemy number one, public enemy (term), Public Enemy No. 1, The Public Enemy, Public Enemy discography, public enemy music genre, more...



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