slang A particularly unsavory, untrustworthy, and unfriendly person. I was being trained at the time by the warden of the prison, a miserable old polecat named Sebastian Mayhew.A: "Maybe Bill could help pay." B: "That slippery little polecat would rather die a thousand deaths than part with his drinking money."
polecat
n. a mean and deceitful person, usually male. (see also skunk, stinker.) Tell that polecat I want to talk to him.