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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMiscreant
/ˈmɪskriənt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person who has done something wrong or unlawful.
"The police finally caught the miscreant who had been vandalizing the neighborhood."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French mescreant, present participle of mescroire 'to disbelieve' (from Latin minus 'less, not' + credere 'to believe'). The original meaning was 'heretic, unbeliever', later shifting to 'scoundrel, criminal'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Miscreant" is said worldwide
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mécréant
Transliteration: mécréant
"Le miscreant a été arrêté par les autorités."
Missetäter
Transliteration: Missetäter
"Der Missetäter wurde der Polizei übergeben."
malandrino
Transliteration: malandrino
"Il malandrino è fuggito prima dell'arrivo della polizia."
malhechor
Transliteration: malhechor
"La policía busca al malhechor responsable del robo."
malfeitor
Transliteration: malfeitor
"O malfeitor foi capturado após cometer o crime."
अपराधी
Transliteration: apradhi
"पुलिस ने उस अपराधी को पकड़ लिया है।"
恶棍
Transliteration: è gǔn
"警察最终抓住了这个恶棍。"
악당
Transliteration: ak-dang
"경찰은 마침내 그 악당을 체포했다."
悪人
Transliteration: akunin
"警察はその悪人を逮捕した。"
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