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Meaning of Rogue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈɹəʊɡ

Definitions

  1. A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
  2. A surname.
  3. A mischievous scamp.
  4. A vagrant.
  5. Malware that deceitfully presents itself as antispyware.
  6. An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
  7. A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
  8. A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.

Equivalents

Afrikaans skelm
العربية الغشّاش
Български моше́ник
Català brètol malvat rodamón vagabund
Esperanto bubaĉo
Gàidhlig balgair slaightear
हिन्दी दुष्ट
Bahasa Indonesia bajingan
日本語 潑皮
ខ្មែរ ធុត្តជន
한국어 오색잡놈
Kurdî anormal malvat
မြန်မာဘာသာ ငတေ
Nederlands kwajongen Schelm zwerver
Svenska skalk skälm skurk
Kiswahili ayari laghai mhuni mshari
Türkçe kötü
IsiZulu ishinga

Examples

“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.”
“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.”
“2000 Carol Deppe, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, Totnes: Chelsea Green Pub. Maintaining varieties also requires selection, however. It's usually referred to as culling or roguing. ...we examine the [plant] population and eliminate the occasional rogue.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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