desperado
Definitions of desperado
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a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)type of:boosdoener, crimineel, delinquent, fijt, misdadiger, onderwereldfiguur, overtreder, schender, vogelvrijverklaardesomeone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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