roguery
Americannoun
plural
rogueries-
roguish conduct; rascality.
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playful mischief.
noun
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behaviour characteristic of a rogue
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a roguish or mischievous act
Etymology
Origin of roguery
Example Sentences
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I learned more than I’d care to know about being a knave and a rascal and committing roguery of all sorts, but minding our longitude and latitude was enough to keep me busy.
From Literature
The booming market in antiquities also begat a booming market in forgeries — “an intolerable bit of shuffling and roguery in the Jerusalem game of the ‘curios,’” as The New York Times put it in 1874.
From New York Times
“The era of roguery is over. Now it’s the people who are in power. Everyone in Brazil must understand that they must yield to the will of the Brazilian people.”
From Fox News
“The era of roguery is over. Now it’s the people who are in power,” Bolsonaro proclaimed outside the Brazilian army headquarters, coughing repeatedly as he spoke.
From The Guardian
Trump smiled, and the dinner guests laughed at the sole acknowledgment of presidential roguery on this otherwise traditional night.
From Washington Post
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