Meaning of Villainy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Evil or wicked character or behaviour.
   uncountable
2. A wicked or treacherous act.
   countable
3. Ill-treatment, indignity, degrading or shameful treatment of someone.
   obsolete, uncountable
4. Disgrace, ignominy.
   obsolete, uncountable
5. The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life.
   obsolete, uncountable
6. Boorishness, rudeness, bad cultivation or manners.
   obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Mos Eisley spaceport- you will never find⟳ a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”

“He drew from his pocket a pistol, which, devoid of principle or honour, with an assassin-like assault, he instantly aimed at the breast of Lord Deloraine, but which, in the struggle⟳ that ensued, as if by retributive justice, went off unexpectedly and lodged its contents in the body of Melliphant,—thus doomed to receive⟳ his punishment by his own⟳ hand, and by the very weapon he had carried for his own⟳ defence in the perpetration of his villanies.”

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