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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Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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
Spin Staff, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2024
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
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Adjective
The operation aims to crack down on miscreant behavior over the next few weeks with more than 200 extra police officers deployed to the area, including state troopers.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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
Noun
Brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald helped put SoCal punk on the map in the late 1970s as teenage miscreants in Redd Kross, and now their unique tale is being told in the documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story, which will be screening throughout the U.S. in December and January.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2024
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
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“Miscreant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscreant. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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