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Re:Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ... by mcguire on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:36PM (#26959725)
No one is the villein in their own story.
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Re:Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:29PM (#26960351)
Autocorrect strikes again?

villain - antagonist; evildoer

villein - peasant ranking above a serf

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Re:Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ... by smogcutter on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @04:05PM (#26960816)
Same root thought, funnily enough. Iirc the meaning of "villain" as evildoer actually grows out of the meaning of "relatively well off villager".
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Re:Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ... by mcguire on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:03PM (#26972220)
Yep. It didn't look right, but autocorrect didn't complain.

Works either way, though. :-)

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