scoundrel
noun
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
scoundrels
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pluralof scoundrel.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The platonic love between Helen and Sam—she straight, he gay—is very real and very moving, as long as one disregards the inconvenient fact that they’re all scoundrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
How, in a legislative body that has always maintained a large contingent of scoundrels, did Swalwell and Gonzales get the boot in such quick succession—with more potentially in the pipeline?
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
The show, a touring tutorial he created and performs solo, allows Page the opportunity to animate with barnstorming crackle a rogue’s gallery of Shakespearean scoundrels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
