Cru ‧ el ‧ la de Vil /kruˌelə də ˈvɪl/ BrE AmE
a cruel and evil woman in the children's book and ↑ Disney film ↑ One Hundred and One Dalmatians . She wears a fur coat, and she pretends to be friendly in order to get the spotted fur of the ↑ Dalmatian dogs in order to make a coat from it.