1
as in villains
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!
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as in criminals
a person who has committed a crime
a youthful offender surrounded in prison by hard-bitten miscreants who had committed just about every crime imaginable
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Recent Examples of miscreants
The frenetic antics of Illumination‘s mascot army of yellow miscreants have always been indebted to vintage slapstick.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Elswyth can shoot ivy vines from her hands, wrapping the vines around miscreants to incapacitate them.
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Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
The cameras safeguard lawful policing and expose miscreants masquerading as officers.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
If anything, Congress has not been tough enough with miscreants over the years.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.
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Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
Yup, those $70,000-a-year-plus-benefits folks the city of San Diego has hired to creep around in the early-morning hours before the garbage trucks come and look for miscreants who have put plastic bags in the blue recycling bins or greenery in the black-now-gray trash bins.
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Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Little wonder that fascists and other miscreants feel welcome.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
Regardless of the bias in whatever racial or political agenda may be behind this nightmarish remake of Eugene O’Neil’s dark drama of societal miscreants, The Iceman Cometh, the ICE men are making sure their own approval rating melts, while doing damage to both commerce and community safety.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 June 2026
Elswyth can shoot ivy vines from her hands, wrapping the vines around miscreants to incapacitate them.
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Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
The cameras safeguard lawful policing and expose miscreants masquerading as officers.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
If anything, Congress has not been tough enough with miscreants over the years.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.
—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
Yup, those $70,000-a-year-plus-benefits folks the city of San Diego has hired to creep around in the early-morning hours before the garbage trucks come and look for miscreants who have put plastic bags in the blue recycling bins or greenery in the black-now-gray trash bins.
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Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Little wonder that fascists and other miscreants feel welcome.
—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
Regardless of the bias in whatever racial or political agenda may be behind this nightmarish remake of Eugene O’Neil’s dark drama of societal miscreants, The Iceman Cometh, the ICE men are making sure their own approval rating melts, while doing damage to both commerce and community safety.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscreants
Noun
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After all, the best myths take our normal heroes-and-villains binary and punt it into a million pieces.
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Maybe America was too busy wrestling with its own history of siding with the most despicable villains around?
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Supporters will argue that criminals should not be able to hide behind wallets.
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And just like Alito, some members of my family have forgotten our history and support Trump or favor some of his immigration policies, dismissing new arrivals as criminals or lazy.
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These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.
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Independence Day celebrations come in the most challenging threat environment since 9/11, with the ongoing terror threat, a rise in political violence and continuing fears about lone-wolf offenders, according to Raia.
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There were also concerns listed in the analysis that the registry, which dates back to 1947, could include LGBTQ+ offenders from decades ago who were convicted of offenses that are no longer crimes.
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Or a group of shipwrecked boys turning into savages and killing one another?
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The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
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When the monsters reveal an evil agenda that goes beyond becoming movie stars, the Minions are forced to battle them to save the world.
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In this end-of-the-world scenario, Jack thrives on junk food and video games while gathering a squad of classmates to fight of zombies and monsters.
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The 152 rooms celebrate Tasmania’s cultural and creative spirit, from the contemporary paintings of thylacines and Tasmanian devils, to the Blackheart sassafras ceiling inlays.
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
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“Miscreants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscreants. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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