flagitious vs scandalous

flagitious

adj
  • Extremely brutal or wicked; heinous, monstrous. 

  • Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal. 

scandalous

adj
  • Malicious, defamatory. 

  • Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal. 

  • Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits. 

How often have the words flagitious and scandalous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )