most wanted list

American  

noun

1. an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.

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Example Sentences

In the release, federal authorities said Reyna was on the FBI’s most wanted list tied to the crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

John Drake Jr., 38, who was on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted" list, was found dead in south Nashville on Tuesday night, the bureau said in a written statement on Tuesday.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

Considered Markus Braun's number two, he soon became Germany's wanted man and is on Europol's most wanted list too, suspected of having committed commercial gang fraud.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

One remains a fugitive, Josephine Sunshine Overaker, who is still listed on a FBI terrorism most wanted list.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Because they were everywhere, clinging to freshly scrubbed laundry on clothes lines, or stuck to the bottom of well-heeled shoes, the butterflies were on everyone’s most wanted list, including Mamá’s.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall