Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Roguery

Roguery , noun

1.
The life of a vargant. [Obsolete]
2.
The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. — Dryden
3.
Arch tricks; mischievousness.