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# miscreant

noun (miscreant, miscreants)

«miscreant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A miscreant is a wicked person or a villain who does bad deeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, the bad men who rob, cheat or chase the hero

### Examples

- The miscreants stole the king's gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/#x1)
- The guards chased the miscreant through the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/#x2)
- The miscreants saw their chance and crept into the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «miscreant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«miscreant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/miscreant.html) on Mova free.