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Bandit vs Miscreant - What's the difference?

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Bandit is a related term of miscreant.


As nouns the difference between bandit and miscreant

is that bandit is bandit while miscreant is one who has behaved badly, or illegally.

As an adjective miscreant is

lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

bandit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • one who robs others
  • an outlaw
  • one who cheats others
  • (military) An enemy aircraft.

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    miscreant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * miscreaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
  • (theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
    • The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
  • One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
    • (Addison)
  • (theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
    • (Spenser)
    (De Quincey)
  • * Rivers
    • Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants , but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "miscreant")

    Synonyms

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