adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many of the spies had been involved in murder, blackmail, or other nefarious activities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a servant to the court of Pepin, Gummarus married the nefarious Guinimaria.
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As it turned out, Beaton's efforts, whether nefarious or not, were very quickly nullified.
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Gresham himself did not live to see the outcome of any of these nefarious schemes.
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Increasingly, they have been linked to more nefarious activities, from cheating on taxes to financing cocaine traffickers.
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Jealous cultural ministers from other lands wonder what nefarious persuasions he used.
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The Ostrich first came to fame through the nefarious exploits of its one-time landlord, Jarman.
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Their sins deny them rest and they will continue their nefarious behaviour beyond the grave unless formally exorcised.
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What sheer bad luck to meet a literary policeman when he was trying to do something nefarious but necessary.