Roguery
['rəʊg(ə)rɪ]
Definition
(n.) The life of a vargant.
(n.) The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
(n.) Arch tricks; mischievousness.
Checker: Lowell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Knavery, rascality, villany, fraud, cheating, dishonest practices, knavish tricks.[2]. Waggery, mischief, arch tricks.
Editor: Miriam
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trickery, cheating, chicanery, swindling, vagabondism, mischief, fraud,knavery
ANT:Honesty, integrity, honor, uprightness, conscientiousness
Typist: Nelda
Examples
- More than ever convinced that there was some roguery, old Sedley pursued the Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I wonder how many families are driven to roguery and to ruin by great practitioners in Crawley's way? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I pray thee, uncle, answered the Jester, let my folly, for once, protect my roguery. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Do you know where you will have to look if you want to discover his rogueries? Plato. The Republic.
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