Topic: CRIME
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | desperate 'desperate person' (16-19 centuries), with the Spanish ending -ado |
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des‧pe‧ra‧do
plural desperadoes or desperados [countable]
plural desperadoes or desperados [countable]SCC old-fashioned a violent criminal who is not afraid of danger

