n. 25B6; noun
the wretches killed themselves : POOR CREATURE, poor soul, poor thing, poor unfortunate; informal poor devil, poor beggar.
I wouldn't trust the old wretch : SCOUNDREL, villain, ruffian, rogue, rascal, reprobate, criminal, miscreant, good-for-nothing; informal heel, creep, louse, rat, swine, dog, lowlife, scumbag; informal, dated rotter, bounder, blighter; archaic blackguard.