ren·e·gade
ˈre-ni-ˌgād 
1
: a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
2
: an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior
1
: having deserted a faith, cause, or religion for a hostile one
2
: having rejected tradition : unconventional
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Noun
The group was full of free spirits and renegades who challenged every assumption of what art should be.
She regaled him with stories about pirates and renegades on the high seas.
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Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
For years, Hollywood content creators have warned about piracy, whether through bootleg VHS tapes, or BitTorrent, or renegade streaming providers.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Claude Gatebuke, The New York Review of Books, 10 June 2021
Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The project is described as a supernatural home invasion horror-thriller about a disaffected teenage girl who must team up with a renegade witch to protect her little sister from a murderous coven hellbent on using her as a human sacrifice in an apocalyptic ritual on Halloween night.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Paso Robles is independent, even a bit renegade.
—Justin Goldman, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
For years, Hollywood content creators have warned about piracy, whether through bootleg VHS tapes, or BitTorrent, or renegade streaming providers.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
Do Not Disturb follows Karegeya’s life from African herd boy to BMW-driving government spy to renegade refugee who fell prey to the boredom, loneliness, and conspiracies of exile.
—Claude Gatebuke, The New York Review of Books, 10 June 2021
Adjective
Linson had a renegade spirit and a rock and roll heart, and was part of a new wave of younger filmmakers that included Hal Ashby and Jonathan Demme.
—Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
The project is described as a supernatural home invasion horror-thriller about a disaffected teenage girl who must team up with a renegade witch to protect her little sister from a murderous coven hellbent on using her as a human sacrifice in an apocalyptic ritual on Halloween night.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renegade. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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renegade
1 of 2 noun
ren·e·gade
ˈren-i-ˌgād
1
: a person who deserts a faith, cause, or party
2
: a person who rejects lawful or acceptable behavior
renegade
2 of 2 adjective1
: having deserted a faith, cause, or party
2
: having rejected tradition : unconventional
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