rogue
/ˈɹoʊɡ/ adjective C2- Vicious and solitary.
- Large, destructive and unpredictable.
- Deceitful, unprincipled.
- Mischievous, unpredictable.
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“So you like it, you rogue?”
They put in the advertisement, one rogue has the temporary office, the other rogue incites the man to apply for it, and together they manage to secure his absence every morning in the week.
Then these are your instructions, and I beg, my dear Watson, that you will obey them to the letter, for you are now playing a double-handed game with me against the cleverest rogue and the most powerful syndicate of criminals in Europe.
“Happy rogue,” said Caderousse; “you are going to find your servants, your horses, your carriage, and your betrothed!”
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