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A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
  • (obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
  • (obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
  • [Verb]
  • To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
  • [Adjective]
  • Brutal, cruel, ruffianlike.

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