flagitious

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To applaud the sadists, voyeurs and media manipulators masquerading as directors, actors and writers is as misguided as were the lives of that flagitious couple.

From Time Magazine Archive

These are thus characterized by their pupil Buchanan,—nec inhumanis, nec malis, sed omnis religionis ignaris: "Not uncivilized, not flagitious, but ignorant of every religion."

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

This is what I did not expect, for I did not think the flagitious dog had so much spirit or courage in him as to meet me.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

The people who profess belief in this are shocked at the outrage offered to our humanity by the Development Theory, while they themselves commit this outrage more flagitious.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)

This couple were said to have been married without the intervention of go-betweens, and hence the most flagitious conduct was to be expected from them.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.