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   rogue

   /rəʊɡ/

   noun

   • 1. a dishonest or unprincipled man: "you are a rogue and an embezzler" Similar scoundrelvillainreprobaterascalgood-for-nothingwretchpicaroinformal:ratson of a bitchSOBnasty piece of workcurlousecrookscroteblighterspalpeenslickerscampderogatory:bastarddogdirty doginformal, dated:houndvagabondrotterbounderdated:cadne'er-do-wellarchaic:miscreantblackguarddastardknavevarletwastrelmountebankpicaroon
   • ▪ a person whose behaviour one disapproves of but who is nonetheless likeable or attractive: "Cenzo, you old rogue!" Similar scamprascalimpdevilmonkeymischief-makerinformal:scallywagmonsterhorrorterrorholy terrorperishertykescallyhellionvarmintarchaic:scapegracerapscallion
   • 2. an elephant or other large wild animal living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies: "a rogue elephant"
   • ▪ a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant or unpredictable way, typically with damaging or dangerous effects: "he hacked into data and ran rogue programs"
   • ▪ a seedling or plant deviating from the standard variety.

   verb

   • 1. remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop): "the sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting an idle vagrant): probably from Latin rogare ‘beg, ask’, and related to obsolete slang roger ‘vagrant beggar’ (many such cant terms were introduced towards the middle of the 16th century).

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   The meaning of ROGUE is resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable. How to use rogue in a sentence.

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   rogue in British English. (rəʊɡ) noun. 1. a dishonest or unprincipled person; rascal; scoundrel. 2.often humorous. a mischievous or wayward person, often a child; scamp. 3. a crop plant which is inferior, diseased, or of a different, unwanted variety.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishROGUE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   ROGUE definition: not behaving in the way that is expected or wanted: . Learn more.

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   Rogue definition: no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade. See examples of ROGUE used in a sentence.

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   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. Dishonesty won’t get you far in life, unless you are a rogue who survives by lying and exploiting others.

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    rogue meaning, definition, what is rogue: a man or boy who behaves badly, but who ...: Learn more.

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    noun. 1. 1489–. An idle vagrant, a vagabond; one of a group or class of such people. Now archaic or historical. For the legal definition, see Act 14 Eliz. c. 5 §5. α forms. 1489. He came bifore roges whiche he knewe wel garnisshed of vitaille, for the whiche thing they kept hem stronge.