evil-doers; villains; rabble
Archaic or highly literary term for a group of wicked people; not used in everyday speech. Often found in historical or dramatic contexts.
The old document read, 'to subdue the evil-doers.'
Compound of 醜 (shū, 'ugly, disgraceful') and 類 (rui, 'kind, sort'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'evil-doers'.