rogue

[Rogue]

A rogue is a sneaky person who has tricks up his sleeve, not like a magician, but like someone who would steal your wallet or cheat at cards.

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A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Noun
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

n.
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

n.
A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.

n.
One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.

n.
An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.

n.
A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.

v. i.
To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

v. t.
To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

v. t.
To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).

Rogue

Rogue , n. [F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf. Icel. hrkr a rook, croaker (cf. Rook a bird), or Armor. rok, rog, proud, arogant.] 1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. &hand; The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron. 2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise.

3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.

Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!

4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage. 5. (Hort.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety. Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities. -- Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment. -- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors.

Rogue

Rogue, v. i. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks. [Obs.] Spenser.

Rogue

Rogue, v. t. 1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry. [Obs.] Cudworth. 2. (Hort.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).

A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

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Usage Examples

Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.

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Other Usage Examples

As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.