Definitions for "Infamous"
Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; detestable; as, an infamous traitor; an infamous perjurer.
Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption.
Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness.
Infamous is a biographical film drama about Truman Capote which premiered August 31, 2006, at the Venice Film Festival. Warner Independent Pictures released the film on October 13, 2006, to mostly favorable reviews, followed by the February 13, 2007 DVD release.