scoundrel

They left behind more than 40 loaded cannons, provisions and “some of that scoundrel Common Sense man’s letters, which we can read at our leisure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

But that just reinforces Samuel Johnson’s adage that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Foley’s satisfaction in playing a well-heeled scoundrel is palpable.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 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

“Did you hear?”—until most souls in town were swearing they had known long ago that Mr. Stonecrop was a scoundrel, and wasn’t it too bad about the Hurds?

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

How, in a legislative body that has always maintained a large contingent of scoundrels, did Swalwell and Gonzales get the boot in such quick succession—with more potentially in the pipeline?

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

As one descends the underworld’s nine circles, they must be careful not to let ne’er-do-wells and scoundrels extinguish their flame.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

Even when scoundrels are convicted, as Milton was, the prominent people who were in their orbit, if only peripherally, keep their reputations and wealth mostly intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

To ask the various cranks, lechers, layabouts and scoundrels in her small Massachusetts hometown, she’s barely interesting enough to warrant the question.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

“Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling