as in corrupt
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
within a few short years their rakish son had squandered the family fortune on hard liquor and fast cars
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Recent Examples of rakish
However, larger dogs will struggle for headroom because of the BYD Sealion 7’s rakish roofline.
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Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The rakish womanizer has mellowed with age only insofar as he’s graduated from dating 20ish models to a 20ish poet, healer and model.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The customary rakish millinery and the supporting costume for the Grand National are as honed and extravagantly 19th-century as the racing.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
That bicorne, worn at a rakish, sideways angle, as synonymous with him as his battlefield victories.
—Lysanne Currie, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The rakish womanizer has mellowed with age only insofar as he’s graduated from dating 20ish models to a 20ish poet, healer and model.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The customary rakish millinery and the supporting costume for the Grand National are as honed and extravagantly 19th-century as the racing.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
That bicorne, worn at a rakish, sideways angle, as synonymous with him as his battlefield victories.
—Lysanne Currie, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rakish
Adjective
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And then reality crashes down around them in a series of scenes that expose the cruel hypocrisy of Iran’s corrupt system (which purports to uphold morality, but allows men in positions of authority to indulge themselves in egregious ways).—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Rachel and Ray need to go on the run after Ray’s investigation into a corrupt pharmaceutical executive puts their live in peril.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Shot on low-grade digital cameras that made every image look even more apocalyptic and degraded, the film remains utterly terrifying, boasting excellent supporting turns from Naomie Harris and Brendan Gleeson as Jim’s fellow survivors.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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The good news is that General Mills is more than 60% of the way to achieving its goal of advancing regenerative agriculture—farming practices that regenerate degraded soil—on a million acres of land by 2030.—
Dave Levinthal,
Fortune,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Alaska, Michigan, and Maine are among the latest states with paid sick or family leave laws on the books.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is convinced by the show’s charming but ruthless producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), to enter the game as a last resort.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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The extravagant, dissolute life Prince Albert II of Monaco continues to bolster arguments of those who think that hereditary monarchies should not be allowed to exist in the 21st century.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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Nick, a prequel to the original, offers us Carraway’s backstory as a soldier in World War I and a wanderer trying to find his way in a dissolute world.—
Danielle Teller,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The coffeehouse patched with oleander, Captain’s house behind the crooked pine, our restaurant painted blue and white.—
Aysegül Savas,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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The name of the waterfall, township and river is considered to be an English or French interpretation of the Ojibwe name for the river, meaning crooked river, Ocqueoc Township's website says.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Mahler, a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, takes on the end of a decadent era with an eye to analyzing the conditions that laid the groundwork for 45’s rise.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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The cold foam put a decadent spin on the subtly tangy sip.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
30 June 2025
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“Rakish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rakish. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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