rogue🔊

A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

A mischievous scamp.

A vagrant.

(computing) Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.

An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.

A plant that shows some undesirable variation.

(role-playing games) A (character class) focusing on (stealthy) conduct.

(of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.

(by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.

(by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.

Mischievous, unpredictable.

(horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.

(dated) To cheat.

(obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

(obsolete) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.