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# miscreant

«miscreant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a wicked person or a villain who does bad deeds** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (miscreant, miscreants)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «miscreant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miscreant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.