NEFARIOUSLY • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Nefariously

... carefully conceal them. In many of the mines of Peru, the natives having almost been exterminated, the proprietors endeavoured to kidnap the inhabitants of the Pacific to supply their places, but after several hundreds had been nefariously captured, the Governments of England and France interfered and put a stop to the practice. In another part of South America, near the town of Cumana, is a vast cavern in the Valley of Caripe, which was many years ago visited by ...

— The Mines and its Wonders • W.H.G. Kingston