Dictionary entry

Roguery

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rogu″er‐y (?), n. 1. The life of a vargant.

2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.

'Tis no scandal grown,

For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden.

3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.