villainy

[ vil-uh-nee ]

/ ˈvɪl ə ni /

the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.

a villainous act or deed.

Obsolete. villeinage.

Origin of villainy

1175–1225; Middle English vile(i)nie, vilainie < Old French. See villain, -y³

He knew little of movie camera men, but imagined them rather given to the depiction of villainies than the accomplishment of them.

The Vagrant Duke |George Gibbs
Be off, then; back with thee to Paris and all its villainies.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. |Various
I subjoin the reward of my villainies and the correct balance of the account.

The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims |Andrew Steinmetz
What man has not his Bluebeard closet, full of early crimes and villainies?

The Delicious Vice |Young E. Allison

He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villainies as these.

No Treason, Vol. VI. |Lysander Spooner

villainy

/ (ˈvɪlənɪ) /

conduct befitting a villain; vicious behaviour or action

an evil, abhorrent, or criminal act or deed

the fact or condition of being villainous

English history a rare word for villeinage