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rogues' gallery
noun
- a collection of portraits of criminals and suspects maintained by the police for purposes of identification.
rogues' gallery
noun
- a collection of photographs of known criminals kept by the police for identification purposes
- a group of undesirable people
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rogues' gallery1
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Idioms and Phrases
A police collection of pictures of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. For example, The detective went through the entire rogues' gallery but couldn't find a match with the suspect . [Mid-1800s]Discover More
Example Sentences
He does not recognize any of the Rogues Gallery portraits as that of the man from whom he received the goods.
Itd be so nice if you were a criminal and had your picture in the rogues gallery.
I just asked him to have a drink when he said he didnt drink with strangers and hinted I had my picture in the rogues gallery.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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