'miscreant' is a perfectly correct and usable word in written English.
It is usually used to refer to an immoral or evil person, particularly one who is delinquent or lawless. For example: Many citizens were appalled by the actions of the miscreant, who had continually broken the law with impunity.
Besides, the process of holding drivers to account is easy because you have a means of identifying the miscreant and catching up with them at a later date.
Referring to changes afoot, after the scandals in fixed income, currency and commodity markets, he said: "Such changes are vital but they cannot anticipate every contingency or discipline every miscreant.
It was suspected that President Ernesto Zedillo had ordered Raul Salinas's arrest in order to look strong by putting a conspicuous miscreant in jail for a while, not 50 years.The verdict was made even more surprising by what preceded it.
For months the Maktoums seemed to be in denial.In the short run, the much richer and more conservative state of Abu Dhabi, with 90% of the UAE's oil reserves, will bail out its miscreant, extravagant neighbour, along with the other five, poorer statelets if they need help too.
But if there is no marshall on the flight, it is up to the attendants to take charge and to try to ensure the safety of all (and that includes the miscreant)—one more reason why Gulliver couldn't give a hoot what they look like, as long as they're competent.(Photo credit: AP).
Russia's hot and dirty politics Strobe Talbott, deliverer of Russia Reprints Related topics Government and politics European politics World politics Europe PoliticsBecause of that reputation, he often attracts the opprobrium of those in Washington who view Russia mainly as an unreformed miscreant that should be kept firmly in its cage.
The sole miscreant mentioned is the city, rather than its leaders.It is true that the city is now led by a new administration, and penalising it for past bad behaviour would just add costs to a place that is already failing to meet its obligations.
In the past, when told to go by the centre, miscreant governors always meekly did so.
Nowadays it is a lightning rod for fines, some of them big enough to wipe out years of profits.Worse, the zeal with which authorities have pursued miscreant firms has instilled a fear of seizing opportunities in the industry's titans.
The Public Oversight Board, which monitors the process, lacks independence from the accounting profession, which funds and staffs it, and has little ability to punish miscreant auditors.
France, keen as anyone to compete for a larger share of the lucrative China market, has long lobbied hard for the ban to go on the grounds that it is outdated, anachronistic (lumping China with miscreant regimes like Myanmar, Sudan and Zimbabwe) and not the way aspiring strategic partners should be treating each other.
