miscreant

Meanings

Plural: miscreants

Noun

• a person without moral scruples
• One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
• One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
• One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.

Adj

• Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
• Holding an incorrect religious belief.

Synonyms

reprobate