noun. One that is playfully mischievous.

noun. An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.

adjective. Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the lower classes.

noun. The commonalty of people; the vulgar herd; the general mass.

noun. In hunting, a refuse or despicable beast or class of beasts; an animal, or animals collectively, unfit to chase or to kill, on account of ignoble quality or lean condition; especially, a lean deer.

noun. A low or vulgar person; one of the rabble; a boor or churl.

noun. A low or mean fellow; a tricky, dishonest person; a rogue; a knave; a scamp: used in objurgation with much latitude, and often, like rogue, with slight meaning. Compare rascally.

Paltry; worthless; unworthy of consideration; in a special use, unfit for the chase, as a lean deer: used of things or animals.

Low; mean; base; common; ignoble; vulgar; knavish: used of persons, formerly with reference to class or occupation, but now only with an implication of moral baseness or dishonesty.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.

noun. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.

noun. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.

noun. Someone who is naughty; either playfully mischievous or a troublemaker, a dishonest person, a scoundrel.

noun. A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea.

adjective. low(ly), part of or belonging to the common rabble

noun. one who is playfully mischievous

noun. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

"JUST as the Hopkinsons had finished breakfast the following morning, they were surprised by an early visit from Willis, who seemed to be in a state of unusual excitement; and instead of the congratulations they had expected, he burst out with something like an oath, adding, And the rascal is actually gone – went off while the dancing was going on; the police were waiting for him at the station, but I suppose he had good intelligence, for he got into a steamer, and has not been heard of since."

rascality  rascally  rascalry  

scoundrel  villain  

Gaskell  Haskell  

adventurer  bastard  beggar  blackguard  brute  

bad boy  base  bastard  blackguard  blackguard