as in fraudulent
given to or marked by cheating and deception
a rogue administrator who took bribes to falsify paperwork
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
a rogue who had nothing but contempt for people who made their living honestly
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as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
the little rogue always seems to end up being forgiven for his pranks
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Recent Examples of rogue
Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
War is likely to boost the dollar’s short-term value as a reserve currency but may accelerate its longer-term decline amid economic concerns and other countries’ desire to reduce their dependence on the currency of a hostile and increasingly rogue trading partner.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Being canceled for making comments considered too rogue, insensitive, inflammatory or divisive, specifically on political topics, is something celebrities have been dealing with for decades.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The men and women of the American armed forces can conduct missions of almost any size with formidable competence, from special operations to seize a rogue-state president to a large-scale war.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
War is likely to boost the dollar’s short-term value as a reserve currency but may accelerate its longer-term decline amid economic concerns and other countries’ desire to reduce their dependence on the currency of a hostile and increasingly rogue trading partner.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
Five people familiar with the showdown between Bovino and the federal government over this unusual issue spoke with the Washington Examiner between January and March about the effort in Washington to take back the accounts from an employee who had gone rogue.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Being canceled for making comments considered too rogue, insensitive, inflammatory or divisive, specifically on political topics, is something celebrities have been dealing with for decades.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
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In another case, Nita Almuete Paddit Palma, 76, and her husband, Adolfo Catbagan, 68, are accused of operating three fraudulent hospice care facilities, including one that was operating while Palma was free on bond in another hospice fraud case.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Medicare paid the Gills more than $4 million on the fraudulent claims.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Then there’s Haim, so full of venom and vitriol, who depending on one’s perspective is low-key the hero or villain of the film.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Javier Bardem’s Oscar-winning performance as Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men remains an iconic villain turn 20 years later.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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And in other happy animal news, Punch the monkey has a new best friend.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Villas are set among 475 acres of pristine golf courses and land-before-time-style vegetation inhabited by the property’s namesake monkeys.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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Also, offering free samples is deceptive marketing, due to evidence that 7-OH is addictive.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Set in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the grandiosity of MoMA is deceptive.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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The psychology that Bryk wrote for these young men is the key as to why these brutes are more lovable than unbearable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bay Hill was a brute before the round was halted for just over an hour because of heavy rain.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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While the movie has some fun asking whether people actually want to know everything about their partners (a devil’s bargain since time immemorial), its real interest lies in how that knowledge is colored by who shares it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
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Is chocolate devil’s food cake with ganache your favorite birthday cake?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Debuting them in a brief, awkward first flight, like a firework that shoots crooked after being in storage too long.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Tolkan also played Napoleon and his look-alike in Woody Allen’s Love and Death (1975) and was the crooked accountant known as Numbers who works for Big Boy Caprice (Al Pacino) in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy (1990).—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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In Nuremberg,Göring is closer to a sad clown than to a monster.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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For the non-Nintendo among us, Bowser is Mario’s enemy, a fire-breathing monster and leader of the Koops.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Rogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rogue. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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