kəˈnī, -ˈnā(ə)l noun
Etymology: French, from Italian canaglia, from cane dog, from Latin canis — more at hound
1. singular or plural in construction : mob , rabble , riffraff
the shoeblacks and linkboys and all the idling canaille of Dublin — Malachy Hynes
2. -s : a member of the canaille