rogues' gallery



rogues' gallery

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]
See also: gallery

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jo[dʒəu]
Dante['dænti]
LÁIlÁ-Sami
DorineDAWR-eenEnglish
AliisaAH-lee:-sahFinnish
PÒLPOLScottish