as in fraudulent
given to or marked by cheating and deception
a rogue administrator who took bribes to falsify paperwork
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
a rogue who had nothing but contempt for people who made their living honestly
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as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
the little rogue always seems to end up being forgiven for his pranks
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
And in addition to offering transparency, the system works as a crucial enforcement mechanism to prevent bad actors from setting up rogue PCC nodes and diverting traffic.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
The rogue groups are commonly known by names such as the Executioners, the Banditos, the Regulators and the Little Devils, and their members typically have matching, sequentially numbered tattoos featuring lurid imagery.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The vignettes range from aliens crashing a slumber party to a man suffering a rogue ocular transplant, but the finest segments come courtesy of original Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sánchez and The Raid (2011) filmmaker Gareth Evans.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
And in addition to offering transparency, the system works as a crucial enforcement mechanism to prevent bad actors from setting up rogue PCC nodes and diverting traffic.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Noun
This debris, like the iceberg that sank the Titanic, can be much larger than a typical rogue blood clot and can become lodged in an artery that is not excessively narrow, cutting off blood flow.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024
The rogue groups are commonly known by names such as the Executioners, the Banditos, the Regulators and the Little Devils, and their members typically have matching, sequentially numbered tattoos featuring lurid imagery.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Rogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rogue. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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