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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as crapulence.

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Examples

  • But of course the news never stop and there are a few items that need to be caught up with, from the passing of a great leader of peace and its realtion with Venezuela, to the ignominious appeal to hatred and war of a minor crapule within chavismo.

    Human Rights defenders under attack in Venezuela 2005

  • But of course the news never stop and there are a few items that need to be caught up with, from the passing of a great leader of peace and its realtion with Venezuela, to the ignominious appeal to hatred and war of a minor crapule within chavismo.

    04/03/2005 - 04/10/2005 2005

  • The genial disdain of Michel Rollin, who called them impostors, was answered by him with vituperation, of which crapule and canaille were the least violent items; he amused himself with abuse of their private lives, and with sardonic humour, with blasphemous and obscene detail, attacked the legitimacy of their births and the purity of their conjugal relations: he used an Oriental imagery and an Oriental emphasis to accentuate his ribald scorn.

    Of Human Bondage 1919

  • Michel Rollin, who called them impostors, was answered by him with vituperation, of which crapule and canaille were the least violent items; he amused himself with abuse of their private lives, and with sardonic humour, with blasphemous and obscene detail, attacked the legitimacy of their births and the purity of their conjugal relations: he used an Oriental imagery and an Oriental emphasis to accentuate his ribald scorn.

    Of Human Bondage 1915

  • ` Aesop remains here and is resting. 'élu par cette crapule ` Elected by that scoundrel'

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 1 1987

  • Boulevards they were met with cries of "_A mort, crapule, fusillez-les!

    The Insurrection in Paris

  • The little Machine-Fixer was extremely indignant; not only that his friend was going to a den of thieves and ruffians, but that his friend was leaving in such company as that of _ce crapule_ (meaning Rockyfeller) and _les deux mangeurs de blanc_ (to wit, The Trick Raincoat and The

    The Enormous Room 1928

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