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rogue1 nounrogue2 adjective roguerogue1 /rəʊɡ $ roʊɡ/ noun [countable]  rogue1Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from roger ‘beggar pretending to be a poor student’ (1500-1600), perhaps from Latin rogare ‘to ask’ - A new breed of rogue had been born.
- After this, but before the car or rogue had been traced, the rogue sold the car to an innocent purchaser.
- And to get them, the president needs rogues.
- I uphold the law of this realm - and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds.
- The rogue and her octogenarian gang from the countryside have all departed.
► an incorrigible liar/rogue etc 1a man or boy who behaves badly, but who you like in spite of this – often used humorously: What’s the old rogue done now, I wonder? a lovable rogue2British English old-fashioned a man who is dishonest and has a bad character |