Word: scoundrelism
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...attempt to amuse, or to be as he thinks smart, a liar in the daytime, and a liar in the nighttime, it is remarkable how he can lie. . . . That would make no difference to this 'revolving,' constitutional, unmitigated, infamous liar, this low-lived, double-crossing, dishonest, corrupt scoundrel who claims to be a columnist...
Says Lewis of his latest work: "This man Lewis is certainly going downhill fast. In each of his early books-Babbitt, Main Street, Elmer Gantry-there were one or two characters you could like. But in Gideon Planish everybody's a scoundrel...
...could only live in peace." When Soviet Author Ilya Ehrenburg saw the diary he provided the answer: "Who asked you to come to our country? You could have stayed at home with your wife. But you chose Hitler. There is only one thing left for you: 'Die, scoundrel! Clear the road for life...
A.E.F. in Africa: "When Roosevelt today carries out his attack on North Africa with the remark that he wants to protect it from Germany and Italy, I don't have to reply to this phrase of the lying old scoundrel. But the decisive and last word will certainly not be spoken by Herr Roosevelt. We will prepare our blows, thoroughly as usual, and we have always arrived at the right time...
...injures or annoys B, on the pretext of saving or improving X, then A is a scoundrel...