rogue
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rogue (plural rogues)
- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- A mischievous scamp.
- A vagrant.
- Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- An entity set apart from the normal order, which acts in an independent manner. This can apply to individuals, states, or other entities.
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a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person
a mischievous scamp
a vagrant
deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself
an aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant
a plant that shows some undesirable variation
an entity set apart from the normal order, which acts in an independent manner
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rogue (comparative more rogue, superlative most rogue)
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- (of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
- (by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- In the minds of Republican hard-liners, the "Silent Majority" of Americans who had elected the President, and even Nixon's two Democrat predecessors, China was a gigantic nuke-wielding rogue state prepared to overrun the free world at any moment.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Operating outside of normal controls.
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[edit] See also
- rouge the shade of red
