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
Brash and whip smart, she is the novel’s heartbeat, the shoot-from-the-hip scoundrel you love to root for.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023
He would be a scoundrel if he were Brad Pitt, but he’s not.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
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
In the end, then, it had had to be managed with the Old Lord’s agent, an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them in passing.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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