roguery

[ roh-guh-ree ]
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noun,plural ro·guer·ies.
  1. roguish conduct; rascality.

  2. playful mischief.

Origin of roguery

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; rogue + -ery

Words Nearby roguery

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How to use roguery in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis
  • 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.

    Roland Cashel | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for roguery

roguery

/ (ˈrəʊɡərɪ) /


nounplural -gueries
  1. behaviour characteristic of a rogue

  2. a roguish or mischievous act

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