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rogues

  • plural
    of rogue.
    rogue
    adjective
    no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade.
  • present tense form
    of rogue (3rd person singular).
    rogue
    adjective
    no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade.

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Affecting a tough-guy realism, Mr. Bockino is contemptuous of antigambling officials in the era before legalization and tolerant of the worst rogues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

A member of Batman’s colorful rogues gallery, the criminal mastermind is always engaged in a deadly game with the Dark Knight, using riddles and witty wordplay to thwart him and authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

The reverence I had unwittingly infiltrated a culture of rogues & thieves posing as police.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023

When interviewed by the BBC years later, Stirling said he deliberately recruited brave and unconventional rogues.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2022

“I think you’re a couple of old rogues, but you may well have something,” Wilkins wrote from London on March 18, 1953.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee