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desperado

des·per·a·do [ dèspə rdō ] (plural des·per·a·does or des·per·a·dos)


noun 
Definition:
 
bold violent criminal: a reckless and violent criminal, especially in the early settlement of the western United States

[Early 17th century. Alteration of obsolete desperate "desperate person," after Spanish desesperado]
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