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villainy

noun as in wickedness

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Satisfaction does not insist on setting up clear categories of heroism and villainy, good, and evil.

And anyone, real or made up, who uses the phrase “low villainy” in a sentence—that man is my hero.

The picture he paints, though, is one more of failed good intentions then of imperialistic villainy.

Its portrayal of Soviet villainy was deemed too much for domestic consumption.

How much more diverting to focus on the villainy of a potty-mouthed Illinois pol.

The fact that no thorough scoundrel ever yet confined himself to one or two pieces of villainy.

If underneath his villainy there are concealed the instincts of a gentleman, let him have the chance of dying like one.

And we, the descendants of the conquerors; we knights tolerate such villainy!

He has been described erroneously as a master of complicated villainy.

That a due rigour and restraint be laid upon the second, that villainy and knavery might not be encouraged by a law.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to villainy, such as: turpitude, viciousness, vileness, atrocity, baseness, and depravity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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