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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vil-uh-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪl ə ni |
Définition of villainy
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French vilanie, from villain; see villain.
- noun wickedness
- They are presented as good and evil, as vice and virtue, as villainy and heroism.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- An A1 piece of villainy was on, and they were conversing in low tones.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Think of the cheek and villainy of that, and then speak to me of talking wildly!'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Did man ever hear of such a villainy—to fire a good ship in her misfortune?
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- Gubblum understood no more than that villainy had been at work.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- There was no villainy for which I was not ripe that night, it seemed.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- If he must suffer for his villainy, at least there would be compensations.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- His imagination had taken fire that night, and it had ripened him for any villainy.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- I had thought that my ward, at least, had been sacred from his villainy.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- At least he had made no bones about the fact of his villainy.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
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