Brute
Brute noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.
Usage example: only a brute would deliberately break someone's arm
Cad
Cad noun - A person whose behavior is offensive to others.
Usage example: he's the type of cad who readily bad-mouths every girl who's ever dumped him
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- In Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cad Bane shows that even being strong-willed can't help you if the Jedi really want to persuade you when Mace, Obi-Wan, and Kit Fisto brute-force him into telling them what they need to know.
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