scoundrel
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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
He’s similar to Adam Sandler’s rapacious jeweler in “Uncut Gems,” except that scoundrel contained his damage to the Diamond District and people as shady as him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
In American journalism it is permissible, although not as common as it needs to be, to call an elected scoundrel a scoundrel.
From Salon • May 20, 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
She was sorry about the root-doctor because she feared that Joe was depending on the scoundrel to make him well when what he needed was a doctor, and a good one.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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