miscreant
Example Sentences
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The Sunshine State has become internationally notorious for the oddball miscreants who populate its police blotters and local news reports — known collectively as Florida Man.
From Seattle Times
The Sunshine State has become internationally notorious for the oddball miscreants who populate its police blotters and local news reports - known collectively as Florida Man.
From Washington Times
Joey Collins’s Bob Ewell, for instance, the irredeemably racist miscreant who threatens Atticus’s family, is now so hyper-dramatically evil that he might as well twirl a Snidely Whiplash mustache.
From Washington Post
"It is a serious threat, especially because, when tourists, pilgrims and security forces' vehicles get stuck in traffic congestion, militants or any miscreant may fix this bomb on vehicles," he said.
From Reuters
The bad cop drives home the hopelessness of the miscreant’s situation.
From Washington Post
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