Sekirov Dictionary

miscreant

/ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

•
One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
- The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
•
One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
- A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door — 1719
•
One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
- Arise thou cursed Miscreaunt, That hast with knightlesse guile and trecherous train Faire knighthood fowly shamed — 1590

adjective2

•
Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
- How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all? — 1983
Holding an incorrect religious belief.

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