What is "miscreants"

Usage examples of "miscreants".

I never pull trigger on one of the miscreants unless it be plain that his death will lead to some good end.

I will appreciate it if you would unfold before me the manner in which I may obtain full satisfaction from these miscreants, not excluding the extraction of punitive damages for the affront they have committed to my dignity.

One half of it held cells for miscreants and suspicious characters awaiting judgment and floggings.