Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (UK Und.) to live as a professional (and often criminal) beggar; thus roguing, living in this way; roguishness, being a rogue.

1589		Lyly Pappe with an Hatchet E2: There is not such a mad foole in Bedlam [...] nor such a roaging foole in the houses of correction.
1592		Greene Disputation Betweene a Hee and a Shee Conny-Catcher in Grosart (1881–3) X 162: A roging mate, & such another with him, were there got upon a stal singing of balets.
1600		W. Vaughan Directions for health 39: [B]loud-sucking Empiricke [i.e. quack doctors] , who roguing vp and downe countries, doe murther many innocents vnder pretext of Physick.
1613		S. Purchas His Pilgrimage 488: [T]he Mahumetan [...] which may be called the naked, or the wicked Sect, roguing vp and downe naked, and practising their fleshly villany.
1623		P. van Foreest [trans.] The arraignment of vrines n.p.: CHAP. 4. Of the imposture, fraud, deceit, and cunning trickes which wandring Water-mongers, roguing Empirickes, and such like cogging cozeners, doe vse in deliuering their opinion concerning Ʋrines.
1630		J. Taylor ‘Fennors Defence’ in Works (1869) II 149: Although I cannot Rogue it, as he can, / Yet will I shew myselfe an honest man.
1644		J. Taylor Iohn Taylor being yet unhanged sends greeting to Iohn Booker 3: Thou art [...] a vermin made up of the fag-ends of fellonious cheating, filching, whoring, roguing, man-slaughtering, and murdering Mittimusses.
1653		E. Stokes The VViltshire rant 32: [H]e should not come thither roguing and whoring, and yet make people believe he was godly.
1671		W. Sclater The royal-pay and pay-master 18: Thou art a silly whining Fellow, thou went’st a Thieving and Roguing, and never thought’st what would come on’t.
1685		H. Bold Latine songs 4: Oh I am none of those, / A Roguing goes, / And Maundring shew their Drunken-Blows,.
1698		J. Strype The life of the learned Sir Thomas Smith, Kt. 190: [T]here were now also common Routs of roguing Beggars by the high way side, naming themselves Soldiers of Ireland lately disbanded.

2. (US campus) to steal.

1984

Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 5: rogue – take without consent [...] Who rogued my last beer?

3. to act outside an established order of rules.

1997

T. Fontana ‘Capital P’ Oz ser. 1 ep. 4 [TV script] Looks like Joey DiAngelo was roguing [...] DiAngelo took it on himself to off Jefferson just to impress the old man.