Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Villainy, evildoing; acts of villainy or evildoing

  2. (uncountable, usually)Scoundrels in general; a group of scoundrels

Origin

From scoundrel + -ry; noted in 1859.

From scoundrel + -ry; noted in 1859.

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Forms

plural: scoundrelries
Singularscoundrelry

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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