Usually means: Deliberate acts causing harm, evil.
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  1. villainy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. villainy: Merriam-Webster
  3. villainy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. villainy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. villainy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. villainy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Villainy, villainy: Wordnik
  8. villainy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. villainy: Wiktionary
  10. villainy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. villainy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. villainy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. villainy: Dictionary.com
  14. Villainy (band), Villainy (song), Villainy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Villainy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. villainy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. villainy: Rhymezone
  18. Villainy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. villainy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. villainy: FreeDictionary.org
  21. villainy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. villainy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. villainy: Legal dictionary

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  1. Villainy: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Evil or wicked character or behaviour.
noun:  (countable) A wicked or treacherous act.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Ill-treatment, indignity, degrading or shameful treatment of someone.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Disgrace, ignominy.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete) Boorishness, rudeness, bad cultivation or manners.
adjective:  Characteristic of a villain.

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