rogue
IPA: rˈoʊg
noun
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- A mischievous scamp.
- A vagrant.
- (computing) Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- A surname.
verb
- (horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
- (transitive, dated) To cheat.
- (obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
adjective
- (of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
- (by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.
- (by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.
- Mischievous, unpredictable.
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Examples of "rogue" in Sentences
- The rogue clawed Stormkit's back.
- The rogues make the best stories.
- Removing the rogue comma did the trick.
- He was told not to hang out with rogues.
- The goal of the game is to apprehend the rogue.
- In the video game , the character visits the rogue.
- Rogues are adept in the arts of theft and deception.
- He killed the rogue, but was scarred across the eye.
- The rogue will continue the events of the Ambassadors Mission.
- This deference to the rogue's decisions of other is widespread.
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