流氓，无赖不守法，不诚实之人；恶棍 An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.
历史——其叙述大抵虚伪，大事亦非重大，全是由一伙大抵属恶棍的统治者与大抵属蠢才是武夫们搞出来的。 History: an account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
警察逮捕了那些恶棍。 The police rounded up those rogues.
这个恶棍被逮捕并被投进了监狱。 The scoundrel was arrested and put into prison.