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

Today Reggie Bush would not be considered a scoundrel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 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

“I warned you, daughter. This scoundrel Hades is no good. You could’ve married the god of doctors or the god of lawyers, but noooo. You had to eat the pomegranate.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan