miscreant
Example Sentences
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Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob said in an audio message that some "miscreants and notorious former soldiers" had been allowed to join Taliban units where they had committed a range of sometimes violent abuses.
From Reuters
Police in Assam also alleged that "miscreants" from Mizoram pelted them with stones and attacked its government officials.
From BBC
And then Nixon loosed them on the Democratic Party, hoping to play the same “dirty tricks” that Kennedy’s miscreants had played on him in 1960.
From Washington Post
Expect thousands of exuberant miscreants to scream along to every word.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Shah also said some "miscreants disguise themselves as security agencies to carry out abductions and killings".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
