riffraff

Example Sentences

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Just before the riots he had also responded to a rowdy reception committee in one banlieue by calling them racaille - riffraff.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

Indeed, this “savage,” as Shakespeare took pains to note in his complicated depiction of Caliban, is a good deal more civilized than the drunken riffraff with whom he falls into cahoots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

After all, someone’s gotta clear out the riffraff and the scammers, right?

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2023

In late October, President Miguel Díaz-Canel called for a crackdown on the practice, referring to the revendedores as “criminals, swindlers, riffraff, the lazy and the corrupt.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022

“Teléfono, urgente, Embajada,” she whispers to Don Vic, and he takes off, leaving her to collapse into the arms of her own riffraff.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez