miscreant
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Instead, Mr. Dano comes across as a parody of a languid miscreant in a campy James Bond film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
This is something that the office has been putting their resources into and holding miscreant executives’ feet to the fire.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2023
Bethany: I may have HAHA’d through our open car windows as we passed by this miscreant.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
The last point was the subject of a recent Federal Insider column about an inspector general’s finding that BOP policy “emboldens miscreant staff members” who believe they can “act without fear of disciplinary consequences.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2022
By one account, the amount of oil money had surpassed the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined, and this fortune had drawn every breed of miscreant from across the country.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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