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[syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Roguery \Rogu"er*y\, n.
1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.]
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2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud;
dishonest practices.
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'Tis no scandal grown,
For debt and roguery to quit the town. --Dryden.
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3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roguery
n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "roguery":
baseness, chicanery, degradation, devilishness, devilment, devilry,
deviltry, elfishness, foolishness, high spirits, impishness,
knavery, knavishness, mischief, mischievousness, moral turpitude,
playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality,
rascalry, reprobacy, roguishness, scampishness, scoundrelism,
sportiveness, turpitude, vileness, villainousness, villainy,
waggery, waggishness, youthful spirits