Definitions
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Word origin
English surname, originally a nickname derived from the adjective. See rogue.
Used in a sentence
“And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]”
“He had told more lies in his time, and undergone more baseness of stratagem in order to stave off a small debt, or to swindle a poor creditor, than would have sufficed to make a fortune for a braver rogue.”
““… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dishonest scoundrel”5 letters
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