Both Uses of
miscreant
in
Treasure Island
- These, in their turn, cursed back at the blind miscreant, threatened him in horrid terms, and tried in vain to catch the stick and wrest it from his grasp.†
Chpt 5 *
- And as for riding down that black, atrocious miscreant, I regard it as an act of virtue, sir, like stamping on a cockroach.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
a person who behaves badly or breaks rules -- especially someone who commits crimes or acts immorally