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(răs'kəl) 
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Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: "Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace" (John Dryden).
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- One that is playfully mischievous.
- An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.
Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: "Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peace" (John Dryden).
[Middle English rascaile, rabble, commoners, from Old French rascaille, probably from rasque, mud, from Vulgar Latin *rāsicāre, to scrape. See rash2.]
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IN BRIEF: A dishonest but likable person. Also: A child who gets into mischief.
Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.
— Aristotle (384-322 BC)
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Rascal or rascals may refer to:
In music:
- Dizzee Rascal (born 1985), English rapper, songwriter, and record producer
- The Rascals, American blue-eyed soul group
- The Rascals (English band), indie rock band from the Hoylake, England
- Rascalz, Canadian hip-hop group
In entertainment:
- Rascal (book), a 1963 children's book by Sterling North
- Rascal (film), a 1969 Walt Disney Pictures film adaptation of the book
- Rascal (video game), a 1998 platformer game for the Sony PlayStation
- Rascals (film), a 2011 Indian film
- "Rascals" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
In transportation:
- Bedford Rascal, a GM/Suzuki microvan
- Rascal Scooters, a brand of mobility scooter
In weapons:
- GAM-63 RASCAL, a supersonic air-to-surface missile
- Rascal (artillery), a lightweight mobile artillery system
- UH-60A RASCAL, a special purpose Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
Other:
- Rascal, a labradoodle in the Beanie Babies 2.0 line of stuffed animals
- RascalMPL, an experimental Domain specific language for metaprogramming
- Raskol gangs, urban gangs in Papua New Guinea
- River City Rascals, professional baseball team based in O'Fallon, Missouri
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Rascal
Dansk (Danish)
n. - røver (din lille røver), skurk
adj. - uærlig
Nederlands (Dutch)
dondersteen, schoft
Français (French)
n. - coquin, chenapan, voyou (arch)
adj. - coquin
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlingel, Halunke, Gauner
adj. - gemein, schuftig
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αχρείος, κατεργάρης, μασκαράς, κουμάσι
Italiano (Italian)
briccone, mascalzone
Português (Portuguese)
n. - malandro (m)
Русский (Russian)
мошенник, негодяй, шалун
Español (Spanish)
n. - pícaro, bribón, tunante
adj. - perteneciente o relativo a un bribón
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rackarunge
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流氓, 恶棍, 无赖, 淘气鬼, 捣蛋鬼, 不诚实的, 下贱的, 卑鄙的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 流氓, 惡棍, 無賴, 淘氣鬼, 搗蛋鬼
adj. - 不誠實的, 下賤的, 卑鄙的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 악한, 나쁜 놈, 불량배
adj. - 악한의
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ならず者, いたずらっ子, 悪者, いたずら者
adj. - ごろつきの, 下賎の
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) وغد, نذل, وضيع
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שובב, נוכל, נבל, "מזיק", "תכשיט"
adj. - שובב, נוכל, נבל, "מזיק", "תכשיט"
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