1. A reference to someone who is guilty of committing terrible crimes: A flagitious man called an elderly woman and told her that he would be coming to her place to read a water meter and when he arrived, he forced her to give him her jewelry and over $500 in cash and then locked her in a closet so she could not call the police.
2. Characteristic of a person who is extremely brutal, wicked, heinous, or monstrous: Two flagitious robbers went into a small bank when there were no other customers and forced the clerk to give them several thousand dollars in cash and then beat him until he was unconscious and then they left. © ALL rights are reserved.

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