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rogue
[ rohg ]
adjective
- no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade:
They described him as a rogue cop who had abandoned his training.
- dangerous and unpredictable:
They were trapped in the house by a rogue snowstorm.
- of or noting a nation or state that defies international treaties, laws, etc.:
The blame is placed on rogue states that threaten world peace.
- (of an animal) having an abnormally violent or unpredictable disposition:
She helped trap a rogue tiger terrorizing the village.
noun
- a dishonest, untrustworthy person; scoundrel:
We were traveling in secret to avoid running into rogues and thieves.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- a playfully mischievous person; scamp:
The youngest boys are little rogues.
- Archaic. a tramp or vagabond.
- an animal having an abnormally violent or unpredictable disposition.
- Biology. a usually inferior organism, especially a plant, varying markedly from the normal.
verb (used with object)
- to uproot or destroy (plants that do not conform to a desired standard):
Usually, roguing the diseased plants is sufficient to minimize further spread.
- to perform this operation upon:
to rogue a field.
- to cheat.
verb (used without object)
- to live or act as a scoundrel, vagabond, or scamp.
rogue
/ əʊɡ /
noun
- a dishonest or unprincipled person, esp a man; rascal; scoundrel
- humorous.a mischievous or wayward person, often a child; scamp
- a crop plant which is inferior, diseased, or of a different, unwanted variety
- any inferior or defective specimen
- ( as modifier )
rogue heroin
- archaic.a vagrant
- an animal of vicious character that has separated from the main herd and leads a solitary life
- ( as modifier )
a rogue elephant
verb
- tr to rid (a field or crop) of plants that are inferior, diseased, or of an unwanted variety
- to identify and remove such plants
Other Word Forms
- dzܳ·Dzܱ verb (used with object) outrogued outroguing
Word History and Origins
Origin of rogue1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rogue1
Idioms and Phrases
- go rogue, to stop being obedient or predictable; to behave in a way that is not allowed or expected:
Giving people the tools they need to do their jobs greatly reduces the risk of employees going rogue and using unauthorized services.
To make more money, the agent went rogue and sold his services to the highest bidder.
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Example Sentences
The Sun newspaper reported he was at "the centre of a rogue trader probe" for failing to provide an F-gas certificate for his business for 17 months, which is required by the Environment Agency.
Sadly, for now, Murkowski is one of vanishingly few Republican politicians with the guts to speak up against the party’s rogue president — a brave, but lone, voice in the wilderness.
"While Trump seems determined to blow up the trade system, Xi is positioning China as the defender of rules-based trade, while painting the US as a reckless rogue nation," he added.
"We face that now with China and to some extent Russia, and … rogue states like Iran and North Korea."
There are too many rogue people interested in ruining the high school sports experience to help their own wallets or egos.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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