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The word rogue, a cultural icon of villainy and criminality, was first recorded in print in Thomas Awdeley’s Fraternity of Vagabonds (1561), and then in Thomas Harman’s Caveat for Common Cursitors.

The 1572 Vagabond Act defined a rogue as a healthy person who has no land, no master, no legitimate trade or source of income, and included a rogue in the class of idle vagrants or vagabonds. If a person was apprehended as a rogue, he would be stripped to the waist, whipped until bleeding, and had a hole "about the compass of an inch” burned through the gristle of the right ear. A rogue who committed a second offence, unless taken in by someone who would give him work for one year, could face execution as a Felon. A third offence perpetrator will only escape death if someone who would hire him for two years.

The 1598 Vagabond Act banished and transplanted “incorrigible and dangerous rogues” to overseas countries, and the 1604 Act commanded that rogues should be branded with the letter “R” on their bodies.

In modern English usage, the term 'rogue' can be used to describe an independent person who may occasionally shirk conventional rules and methods of conduct in favor of personal goals or values. A rogue will usually operate on his own self contrived values system which inevitably collides with those of the organizations or the society in which he is part of.

An example would be a former member of a military organization "going rogue" to pursue paramilitary, soldier of fortune goals, or at worst, becoming a criminal. Another example would be the term 'rogue programmer' be used to indicate someone who doesn't follow established development practices or guidelines in an organization to accomplish his own goals.

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+The word rogue, a cultural icon of villainy and criminality, was first recorded in print in Thomas Awdeley’s Fraternity of Vagabonds ([[1561]]), and then in [[Thomas Harman]]’s Caveat for Common Cursitors.
+The 1572 Vagabond Act defined a rogue as a healthy person who has no land, no master, no legitimate trade or source of income, and included a rogue in the class of idle [[vagrants]] or [[vagabonds]].  If a person was apprehended as a rogue, he would be stripped to the waist, whipped until bleeding, and had a hole "about the compass of an inch” burned through the gristle of the right ear.  A rogue who committed a second offence, unless taken in by someone who would give him work for one year,  could face execution as a [[Felon]].  A third offence perpetrator will only escape death if someone who would hire him for two years.
-The word '''rogue''' is first recorded in print in [[Thomas Awdeley]]’s ''Fraternity of Vagabonds'' ([[1561]]), and then in [[Thomas Harman]]’s ''Caveat for Common Cursitors''. Rogue became a cultural icon of villainy and criminality.
+The 1598 Vagabond Act banished and transplanted “incorrigible and dangerous rogues”   to overseas countries, and the 1604 Act commanded that rogues should be branded with the letter “R” on their bodies.
-In the 1572 Vagabond Act a rogue was included in the class of idle [[Vagrancy (people)|vagrants]] or [[Vagabond (person)|vagabond]]s, and defined as a healthy person who has neither land, nor master, nor a legitimate trade or source of income. If a person was apprehended as a rogue, he was to be stripped to the waist, whipped until bloody, and had a hole burned through the gristle of the right ear, "about the compass of an inch". For a second offence a rogue could be executed as a [[Felon]], unless taken in by someone who would give them work for one year. For a third offence they could only escape execution by finding someone who would employ them for two years.
+In modern English usage, the term 'rogue' can be used to describe an independent person who may occasionally shirk conventional rules and methods of conduct in favor of personal goals or values. A rogue will usually operate on his own self contrived values system which inevitably collides with those of  the organizations or the society in which he is part of.
+An example would be a former member of a military organization "going rogue" to pursue paramilitary, soldier of fortune goals, or at worst, becoming a criminal. Another example would be the term 'rogue programmer' be used to indicate someone who doesn't follow established development practices or guidelines in an organization to accomplish his own goals.
-Under the 1598 Vagabond Act “incorrigible and dangerous rogues” could be banished and transplanted to overseas countries, and the 1604 Act commanded that rogues should be branded with an R on their bodies.
-In modern English usage, the term 'rogue' can be used to describe an independent personality which may occasionally shirk conventional rules and methods of conduct in favor of personal goals or values. An example would be a former member of a military organization "going rogue" to pursue paramilitary, soldier of fortune goals, or at the worst, criminal. Another example of how the term 'rogue' might be used would be in the term 'rogue programmer' indicating someone who doesn't follow the established development practices or guidelines in an organization to accomplish their goals.
-Typical roguish behavior includes ignoring rules, standards and conventions or finding clever ways to circumvent the rules via a loophole or exploit. Rogues may not necessarily abide by the rules, conduct and ethics of the organization or society which they exist in, but rogues may have differing methods and values systems which enable them to circumvent beuracratic systems or restrictions.
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