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Neighboring nations who reject this great mission are, at best, silly children in need of education, at worst, scoundrels and traitors who must be decimated, deported, and so on.
RUSSIA'S PROBLEMS GO FAR BEYOND PUTINYAROSLAV HRYTSAKAPRIL 5, 2022TIME
It’s no news to anyone, for example, that the commanders at the Alamo, William Barret Travis and James Bowie, were scoundrels before the war with Mexico.
WHAT PEOPLE TODAY — INCLUDING PHIL COLLINS — GET WRONG ABOUT THE ALAMOH.W. BRANDSJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
It may have seemed like a novelty act at the time, but in the 13 years since, he has been credibly breaking bones and shooting scoundrels at about a movie-a-year pace.
THE SURPRISINGLY DURABLE SECOND ACT OF LIAM NEESONSCOTT TOBIASJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The fact that no thorough scoundrel ever yet confined himself to one or two pieces of villainy.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNE
The ruler of Asturia might be a scoundrel, but he certainly was a scoundrel who was sick unto death.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE
And she knew one thing that Vera Galloway could not possibly know—this man was a scoundrel.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE
"And that scoundrel Weirmarsh killed him because he feared exposure," he remarked in a low, hard voice.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Aunt Maria was rather surprised and shocked to see such an excellent man look so much like an infamous scoundrel.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
Still no answer, while the scoundrel gazed about like a cornered cat, looking for chance to escape.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS
She realised now from what a blatant scoundrel she had been saved; but she still bitterly resented our intervention.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKE
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WORDS RELATED TO SCOUNDREL

  • Don Juan
  • Lothario
  • cad
  • degenerate
  • libertine
  • ravisher
  • rounder
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