Scourge - 1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction for punishment or torture. 2. A person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism: The new police chief became the scourge of local drug dealers. 3. A cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.
Shrewd - 1. Astute or sharp in practical matters: The shrewd businessman cannot be trusted. 2. Keen, piercing.
Sleight -1. Skill; dexterity 2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem: Illusion magic is also called sleight of hand.
Stranglehold - 1. (in wrestling) an illegal by which an opponent's breath is chocked off 2.Any force or influence that restricts the free actions or development of a person or group: The stranglehold of poverty prevented them from advancing their society.
Sully -1. To soil, stain or tarnish. 2. To mar the purity or luster of: defile: The politician sullied his opponent's reputation with that remark.
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