| 释义 |
Definition of badmash in English: badmashnoun bʌdˈmɑːʃ Indian A dishonest or unprincipled man. Example sentencesExamples - The Regiment had to stay alert during this period as there were rumors of badmashes along the way.
- Among the former were some who inhabited the twilight zone between legality and illegality, provoking the image of the Muslim badmashes (rogue-criminals).
- Recently, the role has been expanded, asking for NATO troops to sally forth and actively pursue badmashes, bandits and holdover terrorists elsewhere.
- Displaying spontaneity, he assured the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister - who he said thinks he was a ‘big badmash’ - that he would not take off his shirt.
- And the visitor would sheepishly admit both, his rascality and his obedience, by saying: ‘We are sarkari badmashes.’
Origin From Urdu, from Persian bad 'evil' + Arabic ma‘āš 'means of livelihood'. |