rakehells

noun

plural of rakehell
as in perverts
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard a resort popular with wealthy rakehells

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  1. perverts
  2. degenerates
  3. villains
  4. rakes
Noun
  • This blatant fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This blatant expression of fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of perverts
Noun
  • The product exploded, generating trillions and minting a new class of crypto degenerates who were willing to take massive risks that, occasionally, resulted in millions.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
  • In all vertebrates, the thymus degenerates very rapidly with age.
    — Mallory Locklear, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of degenerates
Noun
  • People who once dined together, smiled together, campaigned together and worked together to strengthen our communities are suddenly being portrayed as villains.
    — Beau Simon, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Patrick and Hugo McPherson play the Stabbington brothers, two twin villains.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of villains
Noun
  • Cut, trim and prune with loppers, shears, snips and more, dig and weed with scoops, trowels, weeders and more and take and cultivate with cultivators and rakes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, Audubon is replenishing shell rakes — beds of old oyster shells where the oystercatchers nest.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of rakes
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