no-goodnik

no-goodnik

A person who commits crimes, does bad things, or is generally immoral. I thought I could trust him, but that no-goodnik double-crossed me and made off with the money! The government agency is full of no-goodniks willing to bend the rules for a bribe.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

no-goodnik

(noˈgʊdnɪk)
n. someone who is no good. (The nik is from Russian via Yiddish.) Tell the no-goodnik to leave quietly, or I will call the police.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • how can you sleep at night
  • dine with the devil
  • sup with the devil
  • slimeball
  • slime bucket
  • slimebag
  • slime bag
  • he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
  • sup
  • bad lot
References in periodicals archive
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As played by Henry Goodman, this Billy is the ultimate shyster, a no-goodnik closer to the defining sleaze of the show's first Billy, Jerry Orbach, than to the part's smooth (and ever so slightly bland) current Broadway inhabitant, James Naughton.
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That's because--I know this will shock you--some human beings are not just venal, but greedy no-goodniks. If there is money on the table, there will be advisors and brokers who will bend and break the rules to take it, and there will be employers and partners of who will not only look the other way, but actively aid and abet them in doing so because, well, there's money on the table.
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"It does play into the terrible argument that Jewish no-goodniks control the media and our foreign policy," Kalb said.
Those Republican no-goodniks stole our precious election.
Who can help but be enthralled as our heroes fight to thwart no-goodniks Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale or Dudley DoRight of the Mounties battles crime wherever he finds it--unencumbered by personality?
In Rocky and Bullwinkle's new wacky adventure, the notorious No-Goodniks gang from Pottsylvania is back and this time they have managed to break the secret code and make the leap from their cartoon existence into the real world.
Soon, Jack is breaking and entering like an Eton-trained Spider-Man, discovering weapons caches and riddling foreign no-goodniks with bullets from their own weapons.