villainy

1. (uncountable)Evil or wicked character or behaviour.

2. (countable)A wicked or treacherous act.

   a criminal or vicious act

3. (obsolete, uncountable)Ill-treatment, indignity, degrading or shameful treatment of someone.

4. (obsolete, uncountable)Disgrace, ignominy.

5. (obsolete, uncountable)The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life.

6. (obsolete, uncountable)Boorishness, rudeness, bad cultivation or manners.

1. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

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2. There’s foul play somewhere, and there’s black villainy brewing, to that I’ll swear!

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3. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

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4. I wondered vaguely what foul villainy it might be that the Morlocks did under the new moon.

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