the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The life of a vargant.
n. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
n. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The life of a vagrant; vagabondism.
n. Knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
n. Waggery; arch tricks; mischievousness.
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n. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
Word Usage
"Emperor Charles V., an accomplished soldier and a learned historian -- such was the creator of the hungry rogue Lazarillo, and the founder of the "picaresque" school of fiction, or the romance of roguery, which is not yet extinct."