scallywag

• Get on any bus and the sound of drum and bass emanating from the headphones of some young scallywag, or the ring tone of the most feverish mobile phone user, or the sound of the chewing of gum by some ne'er-do-well is usually drowned out by the sound of someone uneducated in the ways of handkerchief sniffing at maximum decibels. —  WalesOnline - Home
• It was, of course, the old scallywag himself, George Galloway, fuming about the Canadian Immigration Minister James Kenney's refusal to allow him to speak in Canada on the grounds that he - Galloway - was involved in "terrorism". —  Signs of the Times
• Tellef explained that the young scallywag was "released to the custody of his parents or guardian and written up for felony vehicle burglary, which will be prosecuted in juvenile court". —  The Register
• He translated and promoted Marx's works, and he was a notorious scallywag who drove Elinor to suicide and was the model for "Dubedat" in George Bernard Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma". —  Jennifer Marohasy
• I can't support this theory with data at hand, but yes, the hangman's courtyard is a 'private place' and ever since the scholar, soldier, scoundrel, scallywag and the Queen's boyfriend Walter Raleigh was executed, —  The Times of India

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