Meaning of scoundrelry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Villainy, evildoing; acts of villainy or evildoing
   uncountable, usually
2. Scoundrels in general; a group of scoundrels
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“1894. Henry Lazarus. The English revolution of the twentieth century: a prospective history. T. F. Unwin. page 253. Such was Jubilee justice — capped by the liberty of any number⟳ of Society thieves to rob⟳ the poor of their earnings by means of endless quack nostrums and "Building" or other "Society" scoundrelries.”

“1999. Dab Rebellato. 1956 and all that: the making of modern British drama. Psychology Press⟳. page 94. The designer Such is the disdain now shown for theatre design⟳ in the period before Look⟳ Back in Anger, that it is automatic to imagine⟳ it as a design⟳ era of tyrannical and monstrous scoundrelry.”

“2004. Mark⟳ Wahlgren Summers. Party games: getting, keeping, and using power in Gilded Age politics. UNC Press⟳ Books. page 115. Grand juries would fail⟳ to indict for bare-faced scoundrelry — as long as the accused were their scoundrels; after all, the officers picking grand jurors were good partisans themselves.”

“1863. United States Congress. House documents. Messrs. Lyles and Polhamus & Co. will advise⟳ you that I have⟳ settled the iron⟳ business all O. K., to the satisfaction of all but the scoundrelry in Florida and here, who caused the difficulty.”

“2006. Mark⟳ Copeland. The Bundle at Blackthorpe Heath. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. page 87. Rufus grew alarmed and in a bid to be free bit the policeman hard on the thumb. "You scoundrelry!" squealed the constable as he dropped the little beetle to the ground.”

“2010. Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Pirates of the Levant. Penguin. While this jewel of the scoundrelry babbled on, I, after my initial surprise⟳, stayed where I was, my back to the wall, hat in hand and sword in sheath, saying nothing, but waiting to see⟳ when he would finally get⟳ to the point⟳.”

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