miscreant
Example Sentences
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Dustin is an inveterate miscreant who blows town for the Army.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
This is something that the office has been putting their resources into and holding miscreant executives’ feet to the fire.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023
Bethany: I may have HAHA’d through our open car windows as we passed by this miscreant.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2023
The bureau’s “reluctance to rely on inmate testimony” also “likely emboldens miscreant staff members in their interactions with inmates.”
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
By one account, the amount of oil money had surpassed the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined, and this fortune had drawn every breed of miscreant from across the country.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
