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Webster 1913 Edition


Roguery

Rogu′er-y

,
Noun.
1.
The life of a vargant.
[Obs.]
2.
The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
’Tis no scandal grown,
For debt and
roguery
to quit the town.
Dryden.
3.
Arch tricks; mischievousness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roguery

ROGUERY

, n.
1.
The life of a vagrant. [Not little used.]
2.
Knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
Tis no scandal grown, for debt and roguery to quit the town.
3.
Waggery; arch tricks; mischievousness.

Definition 2024


roguery

roguery

English

Noun

roguery (countable and uncountable, plural rogueries)

  1. malicious or reckless behaviour
  2. mischievous behaviour

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