Not a good guy (3)

I believe the answer is:

cad

(Other definitions for cad that I've seen before include "designing software" , "Ungentlemanly person" , "Dishonourable man of decadent sort" , "Rotter, bounder" , "A rotten chap, no integrity" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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