scoundrel
noun [C] /ˈskaʊn.drəl/ old-fashioned or humorousDefinition
› a person, especially a man, who treats other people very badly and has no moral principles: He was, she said, a heartless scoundrel who had stripped her of everything she owned.Unpleasant menUnpleasant people in general
(Definition of scoundrel noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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