Flagitious is an adjective that means criminal or villainous.

The Latin word flagitium (fla JEE tomb) is a noun that refers to ‘shameful crime.’ Our word of the day is an adjective to describe individuals involved in shameful crime. Here’s an example of flagitious in use:

Andy’s weird behavior made us suspect he was a flagitious person. But after close examination, he was a very nice guy and we were wrong to accuse him of being villainous.