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
ŠPela-Slovene
Galinagah-LEE-nah (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Noble['nəubl]
Kaimana-Hawaiian
Astarteəs-TAHR-tee (English)Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
MoisÉSmoi-SES (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese