scoundrel

Example Sentences

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The question Mr. Junod explores is whether his father was a scoundrel or merely a rascal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Today Reggie Bush would not be considered a scoundrel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Meanwhile, Dukes’s fellow delegates at the statehouse derided him as a scoundrel and maneuvered to expel him from office.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022

Dwayne Johnson wasn’t bothered by Black Adam’s scoundrel status: “What’s critical is the investment in more superhero characters of color, and Black Adam is one of them.”

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

Oskar Schindler has been called many names: scoundrel, womanizer, war profiteer, drunk.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson