Idioms

arch rogue

arch rogue

obsolete The leader of a male band of thieves or gypsies. While one should be wary of the traveling group, the arch rogue who orchestrates them is especially dangerous. The arch rogue kept the audience dazzled and distracted while his gang went through and pickpocketed the crowd. See him there? He's the group's arch rogue and is not to be trusted under any circumstances.

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"The next time I came across him was in the Buster comics where he had become an arch rogue of London and hyped into a Robin Hood-type figure.

There's no Peace for the wicked; Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan and comedy actor Norman Pace star in a quirky new musical about a notorious Victorian criminal, writes CATHERINE VONLEDEBUR

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