villainesses

plural of villainess

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Noun
  • Together, the band brings to life a mythic world of ancient heroes and villains, attracting an excited audience of headbangers and fantasy fanatics, many of whom show up in costume.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
  • Animation fans were in for a very tasty treat, as the episode introduced villains and set the tone for the brutal show adapted from the best-selling Vertigo series by the late Anthony Bourdain, co-created with Joel Rose.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • New Orleans has long been notorious for embracing such scoundrels, a reputation that isn’t exactly helped by the fact that, for many years, disgraced attorneys who lost their licenses in Louisiana and applied for readmission to the bar often got it.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Political leaders who encourage or tolerate such scoundrels should be driven from office.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • What begins as a chance to escape the routine of his everyday life quickly spirals into a dangerous gathering of powerful criminals, old enemies, and unresolved loyalties.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • That creates the perfect opening for criminals.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • The actions of these thugs, who should be imprisoned for a long while, is the cause of denying real Knicks fans the chance to watch the game communally.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.
    NBC news, NBC news, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Neither immigrant family should be linked to violent gangsters, of course.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • One of the most innovative gangsters of the 20th century, Frank Lucas earned the title of Harlem drug kingpin in the late-‘60s and early-‘70s by importing high-quality heroin from Southeast Asia and selling it under the street name Blue Magic.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • But the word thug as a term for rogues and thieves lived on in English.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Streetwise rogues in the mould of an enigmatic leader… there are certainly parallels between Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Villainesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villainesses. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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