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A marked man

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a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; - usually with an unfavorable suggestion.

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There was every reason why Pesca should not have known him again--every reason also why he should have known Pesca, whose singular personal appearance made a marked man of him, go where he might.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
I found myself driving a flourishing trade, and soon became a marked man upon 'Change.
The Business Man by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Surely the suspicion in the atmosphere must warn him that he was already a marked man.
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