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[ UK /vˈɪləni/ ]
NOUN
  1. a criminal or vicious act
  2. the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

How To Use villainy In A Sentence

  • Perhaps... Yes, it can only be because she thinks Percy has some new villainy in mind, and that she is helping to protect you. HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY
  • Still, for unmitigated black-hearted villainy, forget Swan Lake and consider the contemporary dance repertoire.
  • Every sort of villainy has repeatedly been brought home to him.
  • Now shall I tell you, said the damosel; this sword that I am girt withal doth me great sorrow and cumbrance, for I may not be delivered of this sword but by a knight, but he must be a passing good man of his hands and of his deeds, and without villainy or treachery, and without treason. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
  • It is the picaresque story of an Irish adventurer who unconsciously reveals his villainy while attempting self-justification.
  • Numidia, which is your own property, to sink into ruin [57] through villainy and the slaughter of our family. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War
  • Corruption and villainy takes place in every section of society and that was a crucial part of the novel.
  • a species of villainy
  • On my return I found nothing but villainy and evil.
  • I wonder how much of his villainy is revenge on nature and human beings.
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