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noun
1.
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
adjective
2.
mean or base in nature; villainous; unprincipled; dishonorable.
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Scoundrel
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Example Sentences
- The scoundrel who killed her made good his escape eight full hours before the police had any knowledge of the crime.
- In public life or private life, that is a word a scoundrel will not utter.
- Some scoundrel placed a telegraph pole across the track, which caused the disaster.
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Word Origin & History
scoundrel
1589, skowndrell, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Anglo-Fr. escoundre (O.Fr. escondre) "to hide, hide oneself," from V.L. *excondere, from L. condere "to hide" (see abscond), The main objection to this theory is that hundreds of years lie between the two words.
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