1. people who are dishonest, immoral, or involved in criminal activities
Usage: informal; derogatory; plural of lowlife

Examples

• The police arrested several lowlives who were dealing drugs in the park.
• She warned her daughter to stay away from those lowlives at school.
• The neighborhood improved after the lowlives were forced to move out.
• He used to hang around with lowlives before he turned his life around.
• The detective spent years tracking down the lowlives responsible for the robbery.
• Parents were concerned about lowlives loitering near the playground.