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   mis·cre·ant

   /ˈmiskrēənt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law: "the police are straining every nerve to bring the miscreants to justice"
   • ▪ a heretic.

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) behaving badly or in a way that breaks a law or rule: "her miscreant husband"
   • ▪ heretical.

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘disbelieving’): from Old French mescreant, present participle of mescreire ‘disbelieve’, from mes- ‘mis-’ + creire ‘believe’ (from Latin credere).

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