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1
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
- those adolescent rogueries that seemed funny at the time—but only stupid when considered in hindsight
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Words Related to roguery
- adventure,
- experience,
- game,
- lark,
- time
- high jinks
- (also hijinks),
- horseplay,
- play,
- roughhousing,
- rowdyism
- deed,
- feat,
- mission,
- performance,
- stunt
- deceit,
- deception,
- delusion,
- fooling,
- fraud,
- hanky-panky,
- hoodwinking,
- ruse,
- sham,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trickery,
- wile
2
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
- the old fraternity brothers fondly recounted how their roguery used to rile the dean
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“Roguery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roguery. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of roguery was in 1592
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