noun
- a person who is dishonest, untrustworthy, or of poor character; a scoundrel or rogue
Usage: informal; often humorous or mildly derogatory; Yiddish-influenced English
Examples
- That nogoodnik stole my wallet at the market.
- Don't trust him—he's a nogoodnik who'll cheat you every time.
- The old nogoodnik finally got caught by the police.
- She warned me that her ex-boyfriend was a nogoodnik.
- The villain in the movie was a real nogoodnik through and through.