villain
/ˈvɪl.ən/ noun B2- A vile, wicked person.
- An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
- A deliberate scoundrel.
- A character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero; an antagonist who is also evil or malevolent.
- Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”). · Let's discuss how to play if you are the chip leader (that is, if you have more chips than all the villains).
Plural villains
From the library
What has the villain been doing here?’
It’s evidently the same villains who broke into Acton’s.”
“If it’s a local villain there should not be much difficulty in running him down,” said Holmes with a yawn.
Alec stopped to see if he could help the dying man, and so the villain got clean away.
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