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Public Enemy Number One

–noun
1. (not in official use) a criminal at the top of the FBI's list of the ten most wanted criminals.
2. a major menace to public safety, health, etc.: Cancer is Public Enemy Number One.
Also, Public Enemy Number 1, Public Enemy No. 1.


Origin:
1930–35, Americanism
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