lecherous

Example Sentences

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Orgon, a wealthy bourgeois who has taken a much younger second wife, signs over his soul to Tartuffe, a lecherous swindler who poses as a saint while pursuing a diabolical agenda.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

Everybody has in the back of their mind the idea of fauns as lecherous forest creatures or fairies as deceitful shape-shifters.

From The Verge • Sep. 10, 2019

Even if his protagonists aren’t necessarily likable, he’s gifted at making them seem human — whether it’s a lecherous Southern California newscaster or the Mr. Burns of real-life political memory.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018

Some, however, are concerned that the Weinstein saga is unfairly tarring men with the same brush of scandal — that those who might be considered merely lecherous are being conflated with predators.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2017

Shall we look to the sweater, the chattel-mortgage shark, the lecherous merchant, to reform themselves?

From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert