mis·cre·ant
ˈmis-krē-ənt 
1
: unbelieving, heretical
miscreant pagans
2
: depraved, villainous
miscreant behavior
miscreant gangs
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Noun
He supports tough penalties against corporate miscreants.
halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!
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Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
The principal has an elaborate new security system installed with facial-recognition technology cameras positioned throughout the school, allowing for miscreant students to be identified and slapped with demerit points.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
Sure, the young miscreant who joined the French marines and spent time in a military prison — for, among numerous other infractions, stealing a jeep and driving it into a river — initially attracted attention from the film industry because of his attractiveness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
You have been identified and are now in our National Database of miscreant Harris supporters, either by social interactions with your neighbors who are on our investigations team, or by yard signs, or vehicle bumper stickers.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
The principal has an elaborate new security system installed with facial-recognition technology cameras positioned throughout the school, allowing for miscreant students to be identified and slapped with demerit points.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Noun
Greed, graft and the rise of the machine Chicago’s legacy of political greed is generations in the making, likely originating as early land swindlers, gamblers, merchants and miscreants settled in by the lake.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
Sure, the young miscreant who joined the French marines and spent time in a military prison — for, among numerous other infractions, stealing a jeep and driving it into a river — initially attracted attention from the film industry because of his attractiveness.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Miscreant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscreant. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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