scoundrel

[US]/'skaʊndr(ə)l/
[UK]/'skaʊndrəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. κατάδικος, απατεώνας
Word Forms

Example Sentences

I gave the scoundrel a slap in the face.

Έδωσα στον απατεώνα ένα χαστούκι στο πρόσωπο.

I'll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I can!.

Θα δώσω ένα καλό μάθημα στους απατεώνες αν μπορώ!

I can't endure talking to those scoundrels.

Δεν μπορώ να αντέξω να μιλάω με αυτούς τους απατεώνες.

He is a notorious scoundrel in the neighborhood.

Είναι ένας γνωστός απατεώνας στη γειτονιά.

The scoundrel tried to cheat his way out of the situation.

Ο απατεώνας προσπάθησε να ξεφύγει από την κατάσταση με απάτη.

Beware of that scoundrel, he cannot be trusted.

Προσοχή σε εκείνον τον απατεώνα, δεν μπορείς να τον εμπιστευτείς.

The scoundrel was caught red-handed stealing from the shop.

Ο απατεώνας συνελήφθη επ’ αυτοφώτω να κλέβει από το κατάστημα.

She fell for the charm of the scoundrel but later regretted it.

Έπεσε στην γοητεία του απατεώνα αλλά αργότερα το μετάνιωσε.

The scoundrel was finally brought to justice for his crimes.

Ο απατεώνας οδηγήθηκε τελικά στη δικαιοσύνη για τα εγκλήματά του.

The scoundrel's deceitful ways eventually caught up with him.

Οι δόλιοι τρόποι του απατεώνα τελικά τον συνέλαβαν.

The scoundrel's true colors were revealed when he betrayed his friends.

Αποκαλύφθηκαν τα πραγματικά χρώματα του απατεώνα όταν πρόδωσε τους φίλους του.

Despite his charming facade, he was nothing but a scoundrel at heart.

Παρά την γοητευτική του εμφάνιση, ήταν τίποτα περισσότερο από ένας απατεώνας στην καρδιά του.

The scoundrel's cunning ways often fooled those around him.

Οι έξυπνοι τρόποι του απατεώνα συχνά εξαπάτησαν τους γύρω του.

Real-world Examples

He was willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to please this scoundrel.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

I think we were all pleased to lose the scoundrel at so small a price.

Source: Treasure Island ( abridged version)

" Oh, " cried the farmer with his last breath, " I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel."

Source: Aesop's Fables

Now, I have been...I've been a scoundrel in my life.

Source: Focus on the Oscars

" Oh, the scoundrels" ! cried Passepartout, who could not repress his indignation.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Ah yes, wormholes — the last refuge of scoundrels and desperate physicists.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2023 Collection

We are both scoundrels, Scarlett, and nothing is beyond us when we want something.

Source: Gone with the Wind

And this scoundrel would come in looking like a mangy rat.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

The man filming yells no, no, no, Prophet Jonah, this is gone. God, these scoundrels.

Source: NPR News July 2014 Compilation

" Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off! "

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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