The miscreant was hauled before the judge to be sentenced for the crime. From LearnThat.org.
No one but a miscreant is impressed with a wad of plastic. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico City: Biggest city guide for the savvy traveler] Reference
Double-special bonus points if you can document her calling the miscreant a “sexist.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » John Mark Reynolds on Sarah Palin] Reference
Or the miscreant is an elder ’statesman (woman)’, highly respected, quite wealthy and still very well-connected. From Wordnik.com. [Is That The Question? | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
I asked him what his reaction was to her being called a miscreant by prosecutors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2006] Reference
The law should be amended so that the fact that the miscreant is a foreign national, must serve sn aggravating factor. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
That's what happened in other misconduct cases I am familiar with where the miscreant was a professor or staff scientist. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
His hand was yet on the chamber-door, and Barnes was calling his miscreant and scoundrel within; so no wonder Barnes had a hangdog look. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
In his letters and proclamations the Tsar is called a miscreant and an assassin, and is described as traitorous, bloodthirsty, and bestial. From Wordnik.com. [Russia] Reference
But now that it's on the other foot, it's being lambasted as 'miscreant' rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Beware! The Human Centipede!] Reference
Unless, he closed his eyes, unless you're a certain kind of miscreant, then you'll be spotted by a pair of eyes flashing like jewels. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
At least he didn't call him a 'miscreant' or a 'rapscallion'. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
Eviot, call the miscreant -- that is, if he is fit to appear. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day] Reference
Eviot, call the miscreant — that is, if he is fit to appear.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
But no matter where Abberline went, the "miscreant" was not there. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of a Killer]
Leave it to a lady at the library to use the word "miscreant" in a sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference
But why should a man be expected to call himself a "miscreant" or an "infidel"?. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
A moderate imam who has publicly condemned the burqua, Mr Hassen Chalghoumi, was denounced as a "miscreant" and. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesman] Reference
The Speaker: "I do not think the term 'miscreant' is a proper. From Wordnik.com. [Humanly Speaking] Reference
The more powerful the miscreant, the greater the stigma. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The penalty for miscreant spouses is up to two years in prison. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wives Club] Reference
'Think not, accursed miscreant, thus to escape my vengeance,' replied. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
A miscreant whose natural function was the vending of cast habiliments. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Tom stands a few moments over the trembling miscreant, Maria sinks into. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Conscience wouldn't trouble them when a d---- d miscreant was upon trial. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
"In the name of ---! who is the miscreant that has perpetrated this joke?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Silvey turned angrily on the miscreant, his face still pale from the fright. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"You cowardly, barbarous miscreant, you will answer for it here and hereafter.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
And bowing with mock politeness, the miscreant took his departure from the house. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Your words were overheard by a miscreant, whose close proximity you little suspected. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Brown found her watching Billy Silvey closely in the belief that he was the miscreant. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"An emissary of her father's -- that odious miscreant who was giving evidence at the trial.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Imperfect spelling shall no longer be viewed as miscreant behavior, nor indicative of low IQ. From Wordnik.com. [A Speller's Manifesto] Reference
"If I had -- for want of breath -- it would fail me!" answered the miscreant with some difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
It turns out that, in at least some cases, a miscreant protein traps p53, explains Princeton's Levine. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
It was an entirely new experience for Dalton men -- searching for a miscreant that spring evening in the lane. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
'Hereafter,' continued the miscreant, -- 'you shall rest at night securely in this house, undisturbed by pretended ghosts. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
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