ROGUE


Meaning of ROGUE in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an incorrigible liar/rogue etc

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A new breed of rogue had been born.

After this, but before the car or rogue had been traced, the rogue sold the car to an innocent purchaser.

And to get them, the president needs rogues.

I uphold the law of this realm - and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds.

The rogue and her octogenarian gang from the countryside have all departed.

II. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

state

For one thing, intelligence does have some impact on foreign policy, for example, towards rogue states .

Some are rogue states with which we may some day clash.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Rogue trader Nick Leeson lost millions of dollars for his company.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Despite saturating the area with herbicide, he found rogue oilseed rape plants thriving in ditches and around telephone poles.

For one thing, intelligence does have some impact on foreign policy, for example, towards rogue states.

Some are rogue states with which we may some day clash.

When I first met him, he was a female rogue character.

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