Renegades

Jacobite interest: when I came to the word renegades after telling what it meant, one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter, ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

We have millions and millions of people, and yet we're being controlled by a small handful of folks at the top, namely, the renegades in our financial sector who just continue to abuse and mistreat the American people. ❋ Sarah Van Gelder (2011)

In issue #37, these ragtag renegades find themselves in the thick of their first scheme -- and on the business end of some battle droids. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those not embracing the christian dispensation of the New Right are called renegades by Robertson, and marked for annihilation in true apocalyptic fashion. ❋ Unknown (1991)

In all these cases the Unionists who were detached from their parties were called renegades, as Burgoyne was. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)

We lived very happy and peaceful after that, only we were called renegades by the other tribes, and especially the Khouans, that murderous class which believes that it pleases Allah if they shed their fellow beings 'blood. ❋ Jules Lermina (1877)

By "renegades", is he referring to the S.S.P.X or to the forces of the Vatican? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The story has made it way up the political food chain and has been aired in the broadcast media, as well, calling the Floridians "renegades" and Fowler "competitive" in her desire to see South Carolina gains the most attention. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is a very popular game among gamers, and gamers have added many many additional roles to the game, such as renegades, priests, ghosts so that those who were killed can do more than watch and so on. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In This Moment: Republican "renegades" give in to Bush on torture skip to main ❋ Nancy Jane Moore (2006)

"When they become uncontrollable they are euphemistically referred to as 'renegades', responsibility denied or the State is to be blamed," the statement said. ❋ Unknown (1992)

This fellow was on friendly terms with the Indians, a band of whom -- kind of renegades -- whenever he could come across them, would follow his orders, or do his bidding. ❋ Alvin Addison (N/A)

Their talk about "renegades" and "apostates" anticipated the abuse heaped upon the Greeley men of 1872, when the Republican party had so completely triumphed over the integrity of its earlier life. ❋ George W. Julian (N/A)

_ -- There are a number of Indians, probably not less than 3,000, "renegades," and others of roving habits, who have no treaty relations with the government, and are not in charge of any agent. ❋ Francis Amasa Walker (1868)

Kadyrov lashed out at the "renegades" who had tried to impose their ideas and views on the Chechen people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Point being, at the onset of the story Norman lists his grievances with the world's status quo and the 'renegades' running around unchecked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This system, deeply rooted in India for centuries, particularly in Bengal, is nurtured at a steady distance from more organised forms of Islam, which makes the fakirs into 'renegades'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've had some initial conversations with some of the longer-term students and acharyas about how to create an identifiable and helpful framework so no one is seen as being on one track or the other, or as renegades which is antithetical to the long-term survival of the lineage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So labeling these guys as "renegades" and the idea that they're armed vigilantes is a misconception? ❋ Unknown (2009)