rogues

Noun

rogue (plural rogues)

1. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
   • And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]1820, [Walter Scott], The Abbot. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and...

   Synonyms:

   antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, beggar, blackguard, bounder, cad, cockatrice, coistril

2. A mischievous scamp.
   • Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
3. A vagrant.
4. Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
   • An entry in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center's Threat Research & Response Blog shows that rogue AV, also known as scareware, is ruling the malware roost, as 6 top of the 10 malicious programs removed by the MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool) in the US in October were 'rogues'.2009 October 29, Larry Seltzer, “Scareware Tops Microsoft's Malware List”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
5. An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
   • If he is a rogue, and there's any truth to territoriality at all, we got a good chance of spotting him between Cape Scott and South Beach.1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss)
6. (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
   • The rogues among the horses and mules sought every chance to break the line and hide under shady trees where sweet grass grew.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 7

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