rogue's gallery
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8.8
- noun
- /roʊɡz ˈɡæləri/
- Jargon
:
galería de criminales
- Over the years, the police station filled its rogue's gallery with thousands of mugshots.
Examples
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The detective consulted the rogue's gallery to see if any suspects matched the witness's description.
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Visitors to the crime museum were fascinated by the historic rogue's gallery on display.
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The police displayed the rogue's gallery for public viewing.
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Have you seen the latest rogue's gallery updates?
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The detective reviewed the rogue's gallery to identify the suspect in the robbery.
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In his office, the police chief displayed a rogue's gallery filled with images of notorious criminals.
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The local police shared the rogue's gallery with the community to encourage tips on wanted individuals.
Synonyms
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7.8
A book of photos of arrested people that police use to identify suspects
A set of police photos of arrested people used to identify suspects
Surface Forms
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 old police practice of putting pictures of rogues on a wall like an art gallery so officers could recognise repeat criminals. So the phrase came to mean 'a collection of photographs of known criminals'.