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villainy

[vil-uh-nee] / ˈvɪl ə ni /


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You don’t threaten such villainy if you don’t need to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The scenes are the stuff of nightmares, and even villainy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner was a fascinating Kundry, her superficial villainy barely concealing her longing for redemption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

These men have been caught halfway through their transformation: ordinary bodies but with powerful, supernatural heads, deformed in the direction of heroism, or villainy.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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