rogues' gallery

rogues' gallery
a) A set of pictures of convicted or suspected criminals used in law enforcement investigations to help witnesses identify suspects.

When the policemen arrest a man . . . if there is good reason to suspect him, they take his picture before they let him go. . . . Then they put the picture up in the rogues gallery among the others, where everybody who comes there can see it.

b) A group of lawbreakers or other disreputable characters.

"Recognize these people?" Dutch asked, pointing to the rogues gallery.


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  • rogues' gallery — noun Date: 1859 a collection of pictures of persons arrested as criminals; also a collection or list likened to a rogues gallery < a rogues gallery of infectious diseases > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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