Dictionary  roguePronunciation: (rōg), [key] —n., v., rogued, ro•guing, —adj. —n. 1. a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel. 2. a playfully mischievous person; scamp: The youngest boys are little rogues. 3. a tramp or vagabond. 4. a rogue elephant or other animal of similar disposition. 5. Biol.a usually inferior organism, esp. a plant, varying markedly from the normal. —v.i. to live or act as a rogue. —v.t. 1. to cheat. 2. to uproot or destroy (plants, etc., that do not conform to a desired standard). 3. to perform this operation upon: to rogue a field. —adj. 1. (of an animal) having an abnormally savage or unpredictable disposition, as a rogue elephant. 2. no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; deviating, renegade: a rogue cop; a rogue union local. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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