Miscreant
Miscreant noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.
Usage example: halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!
Malefactor
Malefactor noun - A person who commits moral wrongs.
Usage example: she regards anyone who would cause the breakup of a family as a malefactor of the worst sort
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- crook and miscreant
- crook and malefactor
- reprobate and miscreant
- reprobate and malefactor
- outlaw and miscreant
- outlaw and malefactor
- rascal and miscreant
- rascal and malefactor
- rogue and miscreant
- rogue and malefactor
- scoundrel and miscreant
- scoundrel and malefactor
- wretch and miscreant
- wretch and malefactor
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