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scoundrel

[skoun-druhl] / ˈskaʊn drəl /


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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

He’s similar to Adam Sandler’s rapacious jeweler in “Uncut Gems,” except that scoundrel contained his damage to the Diamond District and people as shady as him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

"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

“Such long faces! Cheer up, friends. Many a scoundrel has made their fortune out west. Of course, that is all assuming you survive.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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