rascality

Example Sentences

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But as Janet Malcolm would say, ‘Being aware of your rascality doesn’t excuse it.’

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Newton, known to kiddies as Long John Silver in Disney’s Treasure Island, could project a manly rascality, but the demonic obsessiveness of Javert is outside his skill set.

From Time • Dec. 30, 2012

Not, you understand, that Jarvis wants us all to be squeaky clean and incapable of general rascality – a term coined by philosopher Alan Watts, of whom he's a fan.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2012

Arthur Schoepenhauer wrote well on the subject 160 years ago: "Anonymity is the refuge for all literary and journalistic rascality," he suggested.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2011

It is dangerous, with such a firm in our midst, to be guilty even of genteel rascality.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan