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
Sylvaineseel-VENFrench
Phokas-Ancient Greek
InnaEE-nah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
Anapa-Egyptian Mythology
Americaə-MER-i-kəEnglish
Sachie-English (Rare)