Rogue

/ˈɹəʊɡ/ · noun

Meaning

A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person..

Definitions by Sense

1. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
2. A mischievous scamp.
3. A vagrant.
4. (computing) Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
5. An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
6. (Australia) A horse, mule, or donkey that is difficult to control; a refractory horse, especially a racehorse.
7. A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
8. (roleplaying games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.

Example Sentences

And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]

He had told more lies in his time, and undergone more baseness of stratagem in order to stave off a small debt, or to swindle a poor creditor, than would have sufficed to make a fortune for a braver rogue.

“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”

As The Dark Knight Rises brings a close to Christopher Nolan’s staggeringly ambitious Batman trilogy, it’s worth remembering that director chose The Scarecrow as his first villain—not necessarily the most popular among the comic’s gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series.

Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!

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'.

Next, click the "Installed on" heading in the Windows 7 uninstaller to sort the list by date, and see if any programs have the same date and time stamps as your rogues.

Now though researchers at Microsoft's Malware Protection Center are reporting a downward trend in the traffic generated by some of the most popular rogues over the past 12 months.

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• rogues
• more rogue
• most rogue
• roguing
• rogueing
• rogued

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