miscreant
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Instead, Mr. Dano comes across as a parody of a languid miscreant in a campy James Bond film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
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
But most people are clear on the difference between a terrorist and a miscreant who assaults a flight attendant.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2022
Still my position was a distinguished one, and I was not at all dissatisfied with it, until Fate threw me in the way of that unlimited miscreant, Trabb’s boy.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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