ROGUERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roguery mean? 

• ROGUERY (noun)
  The noun ROGUERY has 1 sense:

1. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

  Familiarity information: ROGUERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROGUERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

devilment; devilry; deviltry; mischief; mischief-making; mischievousness; rascality; roguery; roguishness; shenanigan

Hypernyms ("roguery" is a kind of...):

misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdeed (improper or wicked or immoral behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roguery"):

blaze; hell (noisy and unrestrained mischief)

monkey business (mischievous or deceitful behavior)

hooliganism; malicious mischief; vandalism (willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others)

 Context examples 

I perceive that there is no possible means by which it can be kept pure from roguery.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Now you shall be paid for your roguery,” said he; and tied them all three to a rope and took them along with him till he came to a mill and knocked at the window.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Here I discovered the roguery and ignorance of those who pretend to write anecdotes, or secret history; who send so many kings to their graves with a cup of poison; will repeat the discourse between a prince and chief minister, where no witness was by; unlock the thoughts and cabinets of ambassadors and secretaries of state; and have the perpetual misfortune to be mistaken.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

When he awoke and found that his lady had tricked him, and left him alone on the wild rock, he said, Alas! what roguery there is in the world! and there he sat in great grief and fear, not knowing what to do.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The other had no suspicions of his roguery: so they went out together, and as they were travelling along, the murderers rushed out upon him, bound him, and were going to hang him on a tree.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Then he went to the king, and told him all his brothers’ roguery; and they were seized and punished, and he had the princess given to him again; and after the king’s death he was heir to his kingdom.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)