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scoundrel

[skaun-druhl] / ˈskaʊn drəl /


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With your whole chests, let him hear it, the entitled scoundrel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The question Mr. Junod explores is whether his father was a scoundrel or merely a rascal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

"The 'someone planted the evidence' defense," he wrote, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

From Salon ● May 3, 2024

He would be a scoundrel if he were Brad Pitt, but he’s not.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023

I will not sugarcoat things: I have been a scoundrel.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

How, in a legislative body that has always maintained a large contingent of scoundrels, did Swalwell and Gonzales get the boot in such quick succession—with more potentially in the pipeline?

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

As one descends the underworld’s nine circles, they must be careful not to let ne’er-do-wells and scoundrels extinguish their flame.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

Even when scoundrels are convicted, as Milton was, the prominent people who were in their orbit, if only peripherally, keep their reputations and wealth mostly intact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

In each of those elections, scoundrels and cheats — let’s call them what they are — went down to narrow, deserved defeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

Didn’t scoundrels usually have ill-gotten gains lying around somewhere?

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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