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roguery
[ roh-guh-ree ]
noun
- roguish conduct; rascality.
- playful mischief.
roguery
/ ˈrəʊɡərɪ /
noun
- behaviour characteristic of a rogue
- a roguish or mischievous act
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Example Sentences
Beware of ignorance which assumes the mask of knowledge, or of designing roguery which apes the appearance of innocence.
It must be a dreadful situation for any man to have to choose between roguery and indigence.
At first they thought that they would have to guard themselves against roguery and double-dealing on the part of the tin workers.
Carnegy knows the roguery as well as the rest; though I did not hear any thing of his scruples.
I wish sincerely some good-natured fellow would lay to my charge a little roguery that I had no share in.
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