roguery

3 definitions found

roguery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Roguery \Rogu"er*y\, n.
     1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.]
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     2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud;
        dishonest practices.
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              'Tis no scandal grown,
              For debt and roguery to quit the town. --Dryden.
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     3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
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roguery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  roguery
      n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
           annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
           mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
           rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]

roguery - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguery":
     baseness, chicanery, degradation, devilishness, devilment, devilry,
     deviltry, elfishness, foolishness, high spirits, impishness,
     knavery, knavishness, mischief, mischievousness, moral turpitude,
     playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality,
     rascalry, reprobacy, roguishness, scampishness, scoundrelism,
     sportiveness, turpitude, vileness, villainousness, villainy,
     waggery, waggishness, youthful spirits