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

"The 'someone planted the evidence' defense," he wrote, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

From Salon • May 3, 2024

A nefarious scoundrel in Season 1, his second season arc takes him from nemesis to mentor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 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

“Surely,” I interrupted, with a burning face and heart, “you do not seriously think that he is scoundrel enough for that, Mr. Jaggers?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens