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scoundrel(noun, person, corrupt, criminal, reprobate)
27
miscreant(noun, person, bad, evil, immoral)
27
criminal(noun, person, mean, bad, evil)
25
malefactor(noun, person, bad, evil, immoral)
23
rogue(noun, person, corrupt, criminal, reprobate)
22
knave(noun, criminal, reprobate, brute, monster)
21
blackguard(noun, person, rotten, reprobate, brute)
20
rascal(noun, person, evil, reprobate, brute)
16
rapscallion(noun, person, immoral, reprobate, rascal)
16
scamp(noun, reprobate, brute, monster, demon)
16
evildoer(noun, person, bad, evil, immoral)
16
perpetrator(noun, bad man)
15
wretch(noun, person, tough, rotten, reprobate)
15
evil-doer(noun, person, bad, evil, bad man)
14
enemy(noun, person, bad, evil, someone)
14
wrongdoer(noun, person, bad, evil, immoral)
13
cad(noun, tough, immoral, rotten, reprobate)
12
devil(noun, person, brute, monster, demon)
12
fiend(noun, person, bad, evil, brute)
12
heavy(noun, person, bad, right, evil)
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