scamp
noun
an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
scamped
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past participleof scamp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof scamp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scampnounan unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
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
Germany has scamped its obligations in almost exactly the degree that his hand has faltered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Book reviews miss the irascible authority of Edmund Wilson, though on occasion the scamped book section is rescued by John Updike or V.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had moved into these new quarters while I was down in Warwickshire, and the man who put in the windows had scamped his job.
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
There should be no rush or excitement in the preparation; nothing should be scamped or hurried.
From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
