canaille

Hamburg writhed impotent at his feet and the "heavy arm of justice fell on the canaille."

They called her sinner, which she was; and she called them canaille, which they probably were.

Why must the canaille make so hideous a noise when it amuses itself?

Were she Duchess she would teach the canaille what was fitting for it!

I suppose this is the case where the blood of a gentleman boils indignantly at the challenge of the canaille.