Scoundrelly Definition & Meaning

scoundrelly
adjective
  1. lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"

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