miscreant
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Synonyms for miscreant
Synonyms: Noun
baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch
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He supports tough penalties against corporate miscreants. halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The ride begins when the kids’ spider-bots start glitching and replicating and escape to the campus, whereupon Spider-Man enlists parkgoers to hop onboard a WEB Slinger vehicle and sling webs themselves to catch the miscreant bots. — Marc Snetiker, EW.com, "Disney unveils new Avengers, Spider-Man rides for Marvel park expansions," 25 Aug. 2019 The aim was to ensure that any unusual dealing patterns would be discovered while the miscreant was away from their desk. — The Economist, "Holidays are good for workers and companies alike," 8 Aug. 2019 One day, prior to a fishery opening, the miscreant used his new yellow skiff to bring a good load of salmon from above the line. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, "At Bristol Bay, there’s a changing of the guard at the boatyard," 7 July 2018 That's generally how aldermen—even the miscreants—rise to the top in the Chicago City Council. — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, "Clout City / Politics Why did Carlos Ramirez-Rosa get kicked out of the City Council’s Latino Caucus?," 24 May 2018 Stretching from 1910 to the 21st century, the history of the Knieps family is filled with outsiders and miscreants, addicts and even a murderer. — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Great Mystical Circus' ('O Grande Circo Mistico'): Film Review | Cannes 2018," 13 May 2018 There is no longer any place for any miscreants to hide. — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, "Love Park was supposed to be the People's Park. How did it end up as a granite Sahara?," 26 Apr. 2018 How these miscreants are defined is one of the most worrying aspects. — Robert Foyle Hunwick, The New Republic, "How Do You Control 1.4 Billion People?," 25 Apr. 2018 In a series of trippy, spooky vignettes, Cartoon Homme goes on to encounter flying coffins, dancing skeletons, space invaders and other miscreants and ne’er-do-wells. — Morgan Enos, Billboard, "Queens of the Stone Age Reveal Kooky, Frightful Video for 'Head Like a Haunted House'," 19 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'miscreant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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