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单词 rogues' gallery
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rogues' gallery


noun

a collection of portraits of criminals and suspects maintained by the police for purposes of identification.

Origin of rogues' gallery

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby rogues' gallery

rognon, rogue, rogue dialler, rogue elephant, roguery, rogues' gallery, rogue's march, rogue state, rogue's yarn, rogue trader, rogue wave
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British Dictionary definitions for rogues' gallery

rogues' gallery

noun

a collection of photographs of known criminals kept by the police for identification purposes
a group of undesirable people
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with rogues' gallery

rogues' gallery

A police collection of pictures of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. For example, The detective went through the entire rogues' gallery but couldn't find a match with the suspect. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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