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Recent Examples of scalawag Among the most memorable was the Oyster Wars, a series of clashes dating back to the 1830s with scalawags descending from all over, looking to cash in on the valuable bivalves. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2024 The large cast, costumed and made up as a fitly scalawags and sinister buccaneers, gives tremendous energy to every scene. Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023 Chadha-Patel is ambiguously charming as a scalawag not entirely out for himself. cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalawag
Noun
  • Mihály is a brute who mistreats his mother.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Vineland’s repressive villain Brock Vond ends ferried to hell by two Eastside vatos locos, while the hippie father Zoyd reunites with his daughter at an anarchist family picnic.
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • There are villains in every episode and the story uses them to showcase some societal issues.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of victims.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Often regarded by historians as a collection of savage tribes, the Scythians emerge as a pivotal force of the ancient world in this monumental history.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • The movie, with Baranov as its scoundrel tour guide, works its way through some of 21st century Russia’s greatest hits of deception.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Swashbucklers, scoundrels, bandits and buccaneers will soon be bellying up to the bar inside a lively new pirate pub at Walt Disney World that’s already booked solid for the first two months and promises to be a must-have reservation for visitors.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Since then, he’s been a haunted wretch of a character: stoned, sullen, stuck with recurring visions of shooting his wife and himself.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The unfortunate wretch makes an exciting escape, killing her captor in the process.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This prevents many attacks that use lookalike domain names or hacks such as DNS cache poisoning to create rogue sites masquerading as the real, trusted ones.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Controls prevent agents from going rogue.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The former child actors have grown up since their go-kart derby days on-screen — some have even welcomed their own little rascals off-screen.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Something tells me those wary rascals spotted us and gave us the slip.
    Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?
    W.E. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Scalawag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalawag. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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