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dead_or_alive

dead or alive

English

Adjective

dead or alive (not comparable)

  1. Either dead or alive
  2. Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment

Derived terms

  • wanted dead or alive

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