ill repute

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ill repute

noun ill-repute

uncountable Bad reputation; notoriety. He was held in ill repute, no one would trust him enough to do business with him.
euphemistic, uncountable Prostitution and the sex industry. His list of sexual contacts was quite long, and included ladies from some of the ritzier establishments of ill repute across the border.

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noun bad reputation

Русский	дурна́я сла́ва durnája sláva

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@misc{ill_repute_2026,
  title = {ill repute},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill%20repute},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}