Miscreant

A “miscreant” (MIS-kree-unt) – from the Latin for “wrongly” + “believe” – is a villain; a vicious or depraved person.

Example (as used in today’s “Fun to Know”): “That’s when squatters, drug users, and other miscreants move into the isolated ‘ghost towns’ that are being created.”

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