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as in villains
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 monkeys
an appealingly mischievous person
the little rogue always seems to end up being forgiven for his pranks
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Recent Examples of rogues
But the word thug as a term for rogues and thieves lived on in English.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Streetwise rogues in the mould of an enigmatic leader… there are certainly parallels between Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders.
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Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Old Eight Eighty—I Among all the rogues in history, no class has been more persistent than counterfeiters, and only thieves have been more numerous.
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David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.
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Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
This quiz will test your knowledge, challenge your assumptions, and maybe even teach you something new about the rocky rogues of our solar system.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, rogues’ daggers deal heavy damage when ambushing foes with a flurry of stamina-draining attacks.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Streetwise rogues in the mould of an enigmatic leader… there are certainly parallels between Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders.
—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Old Eight Eighty—I Among all the rogues in history, no class has been more persistent than counterfeiters, and only thieves have been more numerous.
—
David Grann,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.
—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
This quiz will test your knowledge, challenge your assumptions, and maybe even teach you something new about the rocky rogues of our solar system.
—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, rogues’ daggers deal heavy damage when ambushing foes with a flurry of stamina-draining attacks.
—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rogues
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Together, the band brings to life a mythic world of ancient heroes and villains, attracting an excited audience of headbangers and fantasy fanatics, many of whom show up in costume.
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Animation fans were in for a very tasty treat, as the episode introduced villains and set the tone for the brutal show adapted from the best-selling Vertigo series by the late Anthony Bourdain, co-created with Joel Rose.
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Workers were able to prevent more than 1,000 other monkeys at the facility from escaping.
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Squirrel monkeys—a petite, chirruping, tree-climbing species whose dark muzzle gives the impression of permanent 5 o’clock shadow—have to deal with that proportional dilemma, too.
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These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.
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The 152 rooms celebrate Tasmania’s cultural and creative spirit, from the contemporary paintings of thylacines and Tasmanian devils, to the Blackheart sassafras ceiling inlays.
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
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What begins as a chance to escape the routine of his everyday life quickly spirals into a dangerous gathering of powerful criminals, old enemies, and unresolved loyalties.
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That creates the perfect opening for criminals.
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Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
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In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
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When the monsters reveal an evil agenda that goes beyond becoming movie stars, the Minions are forced to battle them to save the world.
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In this end-of-the-world scenario, Jack thrives on junk food and video games while gathering a squad of classmates to fight of zombies and monsters.
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Or a group of shipwrecked boys turning into savages and killing one another?
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The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
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“Rogues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rogues. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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