dastardly
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Verstappen's erratic actions last weekend were compared to Wacky Races villain Dick Dastardly by former world champion Damon Hill.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024
Yes, that Dick Dastardly who used to hang out with a scruffy dog named Muttley in the late 1960s and had a criminal cartoon career in road rally racing.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2020
Dick Dastardly: This heinous, mustachioed villain — perennial nemesis of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo — is mostly known for cheating at sporting events through simple, often obvious, trickery.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2017
He elevated a role that could have been a Dick Dastardly cartoon with an innate elegance — occasionally cut by an artfully raised eyebrow — and otherworldly diction.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2014
Bad memories of their ninth adventure that summer, when they took down the Dastardly Dummy of Denos.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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