Definition of ROGUE

Examples of rogue in a Sentence

Noun

Many of the vagabonds were rogues and cheaters of various kinds, and formed a subcommunity on the fringes of official society. — Charles Barber, Early Modern English, 1976 Cartier decided that the two boys were a choice pair of rogues who would probably try to run him aground if taken as pilots, and that he would dispense with their services. — Samuel Eliot Morison, The European Discovery of America, 1971 His account of their discoveries in the low life of a seaport town would have made a charming book, and in the various characters that came their way the student might easily have found matter for a very complete dictionary of rogues. — W. Somerset Maugham, Moon and Sixpence, 1919 He's a lovable old rogue. a rogue who had nothing but contempt for people who made their living honestly

Adjective

Americans assume that our country was built by rogue males but there's more to the breed than wanderlust and rugged individualism. — Florence King, National Review, 27 Aug. 2007 Perhaps more important, defense planners worried for the past year about the instability of the Soviet Union and the nightmare that a rogue Soviet submarine skipper might decide on his own to launch close to 200 warheads at U.S. targets. — John Barry, Newsweek, 3 June 1991 In "The In-Laws," Alan Arkin is a dentist led astray by a rogue C.I.A. operative … , whose son his daughter is marrying, and he winds up dodging bullets on a Caribbean island. — Terrence Rafferty, New Yorker, 30 July 1990 a rogue administrator who took bribes to falsify paperwork

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

And not one person went rogue in a pair of black leggings and a white T-shirt — perfect for curling up to binge-watch Netflix. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, "Where are the new great American fashion brands? Marc Jacobs is wonderful but not enough.," 12 Sep. 2019 Meeting at a tech conference in Shanghai, Musk warned of A.I. agents gone rogue, while Ma talked up the promise of super-intelligent computers. — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, "The Best Way to Thwart Hackers and Cyber Crooks—Data Sheet," 30 Aug. 2019 The Cubs went rogue by wearing their blue hats Friday against the Nationals. — Sam Fortier, The Denver Post, "MLB wanted to make baseball fun with Players’ Weekend jerseys. It backfired.," 26 Aug. 2019 Indicted and imprisoned, then kidnapped by the very mercenaries who did try to kill the president, Banning has no choice but to go rogue (as per usual). — Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Angel Has Fallen’ but Gerard Butler manages to get up for a third time," 22 Aug. 2019 One former senior federal transportation safety official said NHTSA needs to take a more active role in overseeing self-driving technologies to ensure development is not squandered by a rogue actor taking advantage of a lax regulatory environment. — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, "Tesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash.," 17 July 2019 Under a previous president, such an incident might have been written off as a mistake, or at least a rare case of immigration officials gone rogue. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Trump’s Cynical War on American Citizenship," 30 July 2019 Ever since Billie Jean King famously went rogue in 1973, defying tennis’s male-dominated governing body to launch her own Women’s Tennis Association, female professional athletes have been waging a battle for equality in nearly every major sport. — Rachel Sturtz, Outside Online, "Meet the Billie Jean King of Cycling," 24 July 2019 When planning the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, director Francis Ford Coppola originally imagined one of his main characters, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, a former Green Beret who has gone rogue in Cambodia, would wear no adornment besides his dog tags. — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, "Marlon Brando’s Iconic Rolex Goes Up For Auction," 19 July 2019

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

But a conservative Court of Appeals panel could rogue and decide to disobey Roe and Casey. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "America under Brett Kavanaugh," 11 July 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

The bank has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and claimed that it was misled by rogue employees who intentionally deceived its legal and compliance teams. — Jill Disis, CNN, "Goldman Sachs' top international banker among 17 charged over 1MDB scandal," 9 Aug. 2019 In the Friday incident, a rogue ground-crew employee got into a pushback tractor, attached it to the empty aircraft and turned the airplane toward the runways, authorities said. — Mike Baker, The Seattle Times, "Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist," 13 Aug. 2018 Their feast/free lawn care services ended by around 8:30 am local time — about an hour and a half later — when the bosses of We Rent Goats arrived in the neighborhood to round up their rogue employees. — Jen Kirby, Vox, "Here are some goats wreaking havoc on a Boise neighborhood," 3 Aug. 2018 There were six other horses, who also tested for levels of scopolamine, which would indicate feed contamination as opposed to a rogue trainer. — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, "Racing! More on Justify’s positive drug test," 13 Sep. 2019 CBS Sports reported he could potentially have faced a fine from the league for his rogue behavior. — Christopher Brito, CBS News, "Wearing 9/11-inspired cleats, Mets get emotional win on anniversary of September 11 attacks," 12 Sep. 2019 As international pressure mounted, the kingdom eventually settled on the explanation that he was killed by rogue officials in a brawl inside their consulate. — Fox News, "Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi asked killers not to 'suffocate' him in final words: reports," 11 Sep. 2019 The court also explains, in compelling terms, how the combined misconduct by defense counsel and a few rogue jurors led to an unjust result. — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, "Judge calls for retrial in French Laundry pregnancy discrimination case," 11 Sep. 2019 As international pressure mounted, the kingdom eventually settled on the explanation that he was killed by rogue officials in a brawl inside their consulate. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "In last words, Jamal Khashoggi asked his killers not to cover his mouth, report says," 10 Sep. 2019

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