rogues

The oppression of the empire even brings out the best in rogues and outcasts ...

MIND MELD: Why is Genre Fiction Bleak and What Can Be Done About It? 2009

With no beating about the bush he called the rogues by their names.

The Nabob Alphonse Daudet 1868

"Well, Bunting," said Walter, laughing, "though you are thus lenient to those unfortunate gentlemen whom others call rogues, and thus laudatory of gentlemen who are at best discreetly selfish, I suppose you admit the possibility of virtue, and your heart warms as much when you see a man of worth as when you see a man of the world?"

Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

There are many newcomers who I call rogues,'' Dr Smyth said.

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

THE only interest that honest people can take in the fate of rogues is in their detection and punishment; the reader, then, will be so far interested in the fate of Mr Champfort, as to feel some satisfaction at his being safely lodged in Newgate.

Belinda 1801

Too many "rogues"--a word used by the GAO--fled Florida and were welcomed by Georgia.

Blog for Democracy Mel 2010

Now the rogues are after them both because they left the team anyway.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum 2009

The Pinkerton Agency in the 1800s actually had picture files of recidivist criminals on hand for ID purposes, and these were called rogues galleries.

The concept of Rogues’ Galleries | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are as ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are as ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003