roguery
roguish conduct; rascality.
playful mischief.
Origin of roguery
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How to use roguery in a sentence
The valet of Comedy had become a rascally steward whose rogueries took on a certain aspect of Drama.
The English Stage | Augustin FilonThe people feared that eye, and ascribed such rogueries to the old man as had been entirely foreign to his nature hitherto.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. SkinnerThough the Pawnees stand most prominent as prairie marauders, these are unsurpassed in simple rogueries.
It would require a volume to describe all the swindles and rogueries carried on in this city.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life | James D. McCabeIt may be remarked by any one who chooses to note the fact, that the most ingenious rogueries are seldom those which succeed best.
George Cruikshank's Omnibus | George Cruikshank
British Dictionary definitions for roguery
/ (ˈrəʊɡərɪ) /
behaviour characteristic of a rogue
a roguish or mischievous act
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