How to pronounce“villainy”in English
And so people relentlessly work to tell the truth, to report honestly, to uphold standards. There are all kinds of ambiguous people, people who were not heroes, but didn't go all the way to
villainy either. And they made a difference. Everything mattered. It all adds up. Look,
America, America is just one country out of many. It's just one democracy out of many. But it is so big and so consequential that what happens here has global implications.
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Definitions of “villainy”
Evil or wicked character or behaviour.
“Mos Eisley spaceport- you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.”
A wicked or treacherous act.
“He drew from his pocket a pistol, which, devoid of principle or honour, with an assassin-like assault, he instantly aimed at the breast of Lord Deloraine, but which, in the struggle that ensued, as if by retributive justice, went off unexpectedly and lodged its contents in the body of Melliphant,—thus doomed to receive his punishment by his own hand, and by the very weapon he had carried for his own defence in the perpetration of his villanies.”
Characteristic of a villain.
“We are all villainy— very villainy, as I am a Christian man.”
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