Definition of rogue
roguishly
adverbroguishness
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Examples of rogue in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples of rogue from the Web
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Spectators plugged their ears with their fingers and gamely dodged the occasional needle-sharp sting of a rogue ice pellet.
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And some have thought that perhaps Trump Jr. went rogue and acted, out of inexperience, on his own.
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The best option is to go rogue: Research the cities beforehand, and plan your own personal itinerary.
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Pence has yet to comment on the photo, but the the internet, of course, had plenty to say about the VP going rogue at NASA.
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So what’s the next step in reigning in that rogue regime?
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Charlize Theron joins this eighth installment of the franchise as the villain, a mysterious woman who lures Vin Diesel into going rogue.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Experts say back-to-back fatal maulings of people by black bears in Alaska appear to be flukes by rogue bears but warn that people venturing into bear habitat should always carry bear repellent spray or guns.
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On Capitol Hill, calls to crack down on U.S. travel to the rogue state already are being made.
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Origin and Etymology of rogue
of obscure origin
Definition of rogue
rogued
;roguing
orrogueing
intransitive verb
: to weed out inferior, diseased, or nontypical individuals from a crop plant or a field
Recent Examples of rogue from the Web
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So rogue that even his own staff can’t control him.
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That is dangerous territory for the president, who could more easily attribute any problems related to Russia to rogue aides like Flynn and Manafort who are no longer advising him.
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Origin and Etymology of rogue
derivative of 1rogue
Definition of rogue
1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable capsized by a rogue wave
3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior rogue states
Examples of rogue in a Sentence
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 of rogue from the Web
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Condé Nast Traveler is still encouraging visitors to head across the Shivering Sea to explore Westeros and Essos (granted, all should be wary of rogue spears, poison, beheadings, and weddings).
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Beijing has, over the years, portrayed the companies who do business with the North as rogue firms, small private traders who worked hard to stay in the shadows and thus were difficult to control.
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For Ganguly, a biochemist, the rogue golf ball was life-changing, according to her blog post about the incident.
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But not to fear, the red river is actually dyed on purpose and is not suddenly awash in some rogue pollutant.
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By locating the address in the Instagram comments, instead of in the malware's code itself, the hackers make the rogue program harder to trace.
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But Murphy said Kentucky already has ways to crack down on rogue doctors, and giving the medical board more resources would be a better idea than creating new regulations.
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Election-day tampering and social-media manipulation has been sold as Aidan’s rogue behavior.
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LOS ANGELES — The same week President Donald Trump put America on a rogue path on climate change policy by withdrawing from the 2015 Paris Accords, California's political leaders moved aggressively in the opposite direction.
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Origin and Etymology of rogue
derivative of 1rogue
Rogue
playDefinition of Rogue
river about 200 miles (320 kilometers) long in southwestern Oregon rising in Crater Lake National Park and flowing west and southwest into the Pacific Ocean
ROGUE Defined for English Language Learners
rogue
playDefinition of rogue for English Language Learners
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: a man who is dishonest or immoral
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: a man who causes trouble in a playful way
rogue
playDefinition of rogue for English Language Learners
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—used to describe something or someone that is different from others in usually a dangerous or harmful way
ROGUE Defined for Kids
rogue
playDefinition of rogue for Students
1 : a dishonest or evil person
2 : a pleasantly mischievous person
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