roguery

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English

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Etymology

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From rogue +‎ -ery.

Noun

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roguery (countable and uncountable, plural rogueries)

  1. malicious or reckless behaviour
    • 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:
      Sincerely I begin to wish I had never made such a Point of gaining so very good a character, for it has led me into so many curst Rogueries that I doubt I shall be exposed at last.
  2. mischievous behaviour

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