scoundrel
Example Sentences
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But that just reinforces Samuel Johnson’s adage that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
“Anthony the Turk” sounds like the sobriquet of a scoundrel in a Mafia movie.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"The 'someone planted the evidence' defense," he wrote, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
From Salon • May 3, 2024
Meanwhile, Dukes’s fellow delegates at the statehouse derided him as a scoundrel and maneuvered to expel him from office.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2022
“You want that old scoundrel? You dare to seek him out!”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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