nefarious
adjective/nɪˈfɛriəs/
Frequency rank: #13,066 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Wicked, criminal, or morally very wrong.
Example sentence
The detective spent years tracking down the nefarious criminal who had terrorized the city.
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