scoundrel (or rascal) n.: scapegrace
Dissolute and profligate, elegant and hypnotically charming, Silas [Ruthvyn] has squandered vast sums of money, married a barmaid, committed the usual unspeakable crimes, possibly even murder. . . . [His brother Austin], though a scapegrace [himself] in his younger days, could be guilty of such devilry, and he longs to restore the family name. (Michael Dirda, “A Classic of Terror—and Unsettling Ambiguity,” Washington Post, 2/1/2004.)
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