villainy

villainy
subs.
P. and V. πᾰνουργία, ἡ, τὸ πᾰνοῦργον, τὸ κᾰκοῦργον, P. κακουργία, ἡ.
Piece of villainy: P. κακούργημα, τό.
Practise villainy, v.: P. and V. πᾰνουργεῖν, Ar. and P. κᾰκουργεῖν.

villainy:

I. The disposition:

1. best expr. by mens s. animus with adj. (v. VILLAINOUS): e. g., what they have lusted after in their v., quae mente conscelerata et nefaria concupierunt, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 19.

2. prāvĭtas, etc.: v. DEPRAVITY.

3. immānĭtas, atrōcĭtas: v. ENORMITY, HEINOUSNESS.

4. scĕlus, imprŏbĭtas v. WICKEDNESS.

5. mălĭtia: v. DISHONESTY.

II. The act:

1. scĕlus, ĕris, n. (usu. joined with nefarius): steeped in v.s, nefariis s. coopertus, Cic. Verr. 1, 4, 9: to conceive a v., in se s. concipere, ib.: to perpetrate a v., s. nefarium facere, id. de Or. 1, 51, 220 (v. also Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. scelus).

2. nēquĭtia: remarkable v., insignis n., Cic. Pis. 6, 12: a workshop of v., officina nequitiae (fig., of a villain's house), id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134.

3. flāgĭtium: v. VICE (II.).

4. făcĭnus, ŏris, n.: (men) chosen for violence, v., and murder, ad vim, f., caedemque delecti, id. Agr. 2, 28, 77. Join: scelus et f., id. Mil. 16, 43: to omit no v., nihil facinoris, nihil flagitii praetermittere, Liv. 39, 13, post med.: v. also CRIME.