low·life

(lō′līf′)

n. pl. low·lifes also low·lives (-līvz′)

A person of low social status or moral character: "explores a world of London lowlifes in sinister prosperity" (Times Literary Supplement).

low′-life′ adj.

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Translations

low-life

[ˈləʊlaɪf]

A. N → bajos fondos mpl

B. ADJ → de los bajos fondos

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"We have CCTV of the low-life scum in the act stealing it.

Family furious after brazen thieves steal their hot tub on eve of hottest day; Thieves stole the [pounds sterling]299 Lay-Z-Spa hot tub from a family's garden in Worthing, West Sussex

cancelled Christmas tour dates after 'low-life' thieves ramraided the band's warehouse and stole PS100,000 worth of sound equipment.

Rock legend cancels gig after ramraiders nick PS100,000 of kit

Stripping them of their own savings, cars and homes to refund victims before locking up the low-life sounds like a good idea to us.

Pension blots; VOICE OF THE

"I am appalled that we have such low-life scum that do this day in day out to vulnerable people.

Disgust after gran has purse with treasured picture inside stolen

A GRIEVING widower has blasted a 'low-life' thief who stole his wife's handbag after she fell to her death from a motorway bridge.

'Low-life' thief blasted; SUNDAY SHORTS

HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION ITV4 11PM PREMIERE Busted at the border, Mel Gibson is banged up in a Tijuana prison run like a low-life mall.

WEDNESDAY

KILLER JOE Saturday, Film4, 10.45pm PREMIERE In debt to drug dealers, low-life loser Emile Hirsch hires dirty Dallas cop Matthew McConaughey (above) to kill his mother for the dividend.

3TO SEE 3TO SEE

I AM disgusted at the low-life ticket touts who have put tickets for Manic Street Preachers' gig at King Tut's, Glasgow, on eBay.

Tout of order; Your view

THE family of an 87-year-old woman left to die outside her home have appealed to the "low-life" who robbed her to come forward.

over 'low-life'

But what happens if they catch these low-life types in the act?

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner Comment: Problems on plots

There is a type of people I usually describe with the word "low-life." Perhaps I was inspired by the title of a column that the British journalist Jeffrey Bernard used to write for London magazines about the life of the down-and-out-types of London nights.

Ayoon wa Azaan: The "Low-Life"

But rather than police spending a fortune on inquiries looking into what went wrong with the investigation they should redouble all of their efforts into catching these low-life and locking them up.

Letter: More effort to catch mindless cowards