Which preposition to use with miscreants

of Occurrences 6%

It was patent that he did not see in the man in the silk dressing robe the unshaven miscreant of the day before who had rented the two tents.

from Occurrences 3%

The Pharisees led Jesus, still clothed in the fool's garment, through the midst of the insolent mob, and had done all in their power to gather together the most vile and wicked of miscreants from among the dregs of the people.

in Occurrences 3%

" "Ah!" exclaimed the king, eagerly; "did you catch the miscreant in the fact?" "No, my liege," replied Leonard; "but he came to me a few hours before the outbreak of the fire, intimating that he was in possession of a plot against the citya design so monstrous, that your majesty would give any reward to the discloser of it.

to Occurrences 2%

He is proved to have come into our lines from the Warwick River, to have managed to escape from Castle Thunder, and to have led the miscreants to Rosedale.

beneath Occurrences 2%

Is he some low miscreant beneath public contempt?

into Occurrences 2%

It is well known that a heavy price is set on the head of the meanest follower of the Rover, and that a rich, ay, a splendid reward will be the fortune of him who is the instrument of delivering the whole knot of miscreants into the hands of the executioner.

before Occurrences 1%

The savage faces, the deadly purpose in Ringan's eyes, the fumbling miscreant before him, were all heavy with horror.

as Occurrences 1%

Neither can language describe the low and base principles of a government which could employ such a miscreant as John Trumpet in its service.

like Occurrences 1%

He was a kind of leader of the buccaneers, and by all accounts no miscreant like Cosh, but a mirthful fellow, striking hard when need be, but at other times merciful and jovial.

at Occurrences 1%

I would communicate with the police; the police should meet the miscreants at the corner of the Rue Guénégaud.

by Occurrences 1%

He seized the miscreant by the arm and took him downstairs, there to confront him with the proprietress of the establishment, while Iwith marvellous presence of mindtook possession of Carissimo and hid him as best I could beneath my coat.

Which preposition to use with  miscreants