rogue trader

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noun

a person who makes deals without due regard for normal business practices and controls

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Words nearby rogue trader

roguery, rogues' gallery, rogue's march, rogue state, rogue's yarn, rogue trader, rogue wave, roguish, roguishly, Röhm, Rohnert Park

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How to use rogue trader in a sentence

Closed courthouses, rogue clerks, and misleading statements from the attorney general as Florida welcomes same-sex marriage.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The duo have five of these rogue installations under their belts, with another coming in early 2015.
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It invites dictatorial and rogue regimes to use Americans serving overseas as bargaining chips.
Aging Cuban Exiles And Their Lawmakers Bypassed by White House|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once he graduated in 2006, Simien took a job as a publicity assistant at Rogue, then a division of Focus Features.
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And, unlike former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, McDonnell didn't try to portray himself as a loveable rogue.
Virginia’s Ex-Governor Is a Political Crook For Our Times|Ben Jacobs|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I have never known a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The trader smiled knowingly, for he knew that the major esteemed himself the best.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
Ive heerd that complaint of it once or twice before, replied the trader; but it soon cools down again; dont you find it so?
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
Suppose a horse is blind in one eye and the prudent horse trader says nothing.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
But Mr. Howard, dupe or rogue, was extremely busy in publishing to the world the particulars of this extraordinary case.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper