villains

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  1. noun A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel.
  2. noun A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero.
  3. noun Variant of villein.

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  • I always care for the people in his books, though there's a downside to that as well, because the villains are also well-realized and I'm not as happy in their company. —  FSF,April2008
  • The film's arch-villains are actually much more likable, in their own sick way, than its morose lead. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 01 - July 2003
  • There was no place to go but down, but the first of the villains were already at the foot of the steps. —  The Warslayer
  • The Invasion , seeking a contemporary relevance, waves its hand at a whole shopping cart of issues—Darfur, Iraq, the pharmaceutical industry, AIDS (instead of pods, the villains are alien spores that metabolize in humans when they fall asleep and are transmitted by injection or an exchange of bodily fluids, most often by vomiting)—but none of it sticks. —  FSF,February2008
  • “But you know who most of the villains are already,” Jenn said. —  Stranger in Paradise
 

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