From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnot scruple to do somethingnot scruple to do somethingliteraryDISHONEST to be willing to do something even though it may be wrong or may upset people They did not scruple to bomb innocent civilians. → scruple
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not scruple to do something• They did not scruple to bomb innocent civilians.• Dumont does not scruple to show the naked corpse, left on the edge of a ploughed field. 