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rogue's gallery

rogue's gallery

1 8.6
A group of people known for bad or illegal acts
  • noun
  • /roʊɡz ˈɡæləri/
translation icon : galería de deshonestos
  • The detective reviewed the rogue's gallery in search of a suspect for the recent burglary.

Examples

  • The police displayed a rogue's gallery of local criminals.

  • Have you seen the latest rogue's gallery at the precinct?

  • Every political scandal seems to add new faces to the country's rogue's gallery.

  • The book profiles a rogue's gallery of fraudsters, hackers, and scammers from around the world.

  • The police showed a rogue's gallery of suspects to the witnesses in hopes of identifying the thief.

  • The documentary featured a rogue's gallery of notorious gangsters whose crimes shocked the nation.

  • His time in prison put him in contact with a rogue's gallery of individuals who had committed serious offenses.

Synonyms

galere
vsrogue's gallery
  • Offensive
9.9

A group of people others think are bad or dishonest

focuses more on criminals or infamous wrongdoers
ragtag and bobtail
vsrogue's gallery
  • Offensive
9.9

A mixed group of ordinary people who seem unimportant

refers specifically to criminals and notorious wrongdoers rather than any motley group

Antonyms

respectable
114 3.0

Seen by people as good and socially acceptable

Surface Forms

rogue's gallery singular
rogue's galleries plural

Morphology

rogue's + gallery

The phrase is a straightforward possessive composition: 'rogue' (a disreputable person or criminal) + 'gallery' (a display or collection). A learner who knows both words can reasonably infer a displayed collection of rogues/criminals, since 'gallery' readily extends metaphorically to any curated set, making the meaning directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Rogue's gallery comes from that same image of a wall showing many rogues like an art gallery. Because the wall showed a group of bad people, the term also came to mean 'a collection of disreputable or infamous people'.