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villainy

[vil-uh-nee] / ˈvɪl ə ni /


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The villainy isn’t coordinated, but more like a feedback loop of evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Red herrings pop up and disappear, a climactic series of revelations indicates hidden villainy, and every detail feels ho-hum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Instead, “Welcome to Derry” allows the place’s homegrown villainy to speak for itself.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

Bower had essentially made a shrine to villainy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Because both my brother and I could speak German and because the full villainy of the Germans was not yet evident, we brazenly questioned every German we thought might know something.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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