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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
scoundrel
    n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
         [syn: villain, scoundrel]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch
   scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian
   to shun. See Shun.]
   A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without
   honor or virtue.
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         Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
         Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
                                                  --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, a.
   Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SCOUNDREL. An opprobrious title given to a person of bad character. General 
damages will not lie for calling a man a scoundrel, but special damages may 
be recovered when there has been an actual loss. 2 Bouv: Inst. n. 2250; 1 
Chit. Pr. 44.
Thesaurus Results for Scoundrel:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bastard, blackguard, bounder, cad, criminal, cur, deceiver, devil, good-for-nothing, heel, knave, louse, lowlife, miscreant, precious rascal, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rotter, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, shyster, sneak, spalpeen, traitor, villain, wretch
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