IN the United States back in the 1930s, law enforcement agencies used the label Public Enemy No. 1 for notorious gangsters and most wanted fugitives such as Al Capone, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd.
The phrase fired up the imagination, thus drawing attention to the war against crime and persuading people to stand behind the authorities’ efforts.
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