ppl. adj. (euphemistic).—‘WANTED’ by the police. (GROSE).
1885. Daily Telegraph, 19 Dec. Two men supposed to be on board of a vessel which was loading at Hebburn Coal staithes, were WANTED in Germany for murder.
1883. GREENWOOD, Tag, Rag, & Co., ‘In Quiggles’s Kitchen.’ The police, on their part, caused it to be understood that until he was really ‘WANTED’ on a specific charge, a thief should in no case be interfered with.
