rascal
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The question Mr. Junod explores is whether his father was a scoundrel or merely a rascal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
A sort of Runyonesque rascal in his business affairs, Pecker came across as completely forthcoming on the stand.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
Onstage, Epps convincingly plays that rascal who has charmed his way out of trouble.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
If a man is called a zorra, it simply means "rascal".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
"Now, ain't this here something. Let me get on home; if my dream come out, I'm-a have to go look that rascal up. And here I needs that money too."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
The most notable stock-market research over the weekend comes from academia, where researchers studied those rascals in Congress and their proclivity to trade.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Dare we say, some rascals even made fun of her over it.
From Slate ● May 1, 2025
She added: “So it was less like, ‘I want to go do this big movie,’ and more, ‘I want to play in the sand pit with these rascals.’
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
This one, a collection of his New Yorker pieces about criminals and rascals, sounds irresistible.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
The years just seemed to roll right off them, and I watched transfixed as they laughed like rascals and raced each other, then swam leisurely back to the bank.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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