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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
Shayna-Yiddish
VladimÍR-Czech, Slovak
Fedir-Ukrainian
Anaiah-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Aristaeusar-is-TEE-əs (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
KrysiaKRI-shahPolish
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