'Roguery' definitions:
Definition of 'roguery'
(from WordNet)
noun
Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
Definition of 'Roguery'
From: GCIDE
- Roguery \Rogu"er*y\, n.
- 1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. [1913 Webster]
- 'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Arch tricks; mischievousness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'roguery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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