scamp
noun
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
have scamped
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present perfectof scamp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As for last year's veiling ceremonies at Khartoum, the Sudanese for whom he had founded a school may have scamped the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is we ourselves who have scamped and been incomplete in our thought and life.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
