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wanted

 adjective
     
Related topics: Crime
want‧ed
1SCC someone who is wanted is being looked for by the police
wanted for
He is wanted for the murder of a teenage girl.
one of the most wanted men in China
2 someone, especially a child, who is wanted is loved and cared for
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