rove
[verb]
Synonyms: wander, drift, ramble, range, roam, stray, traipse (informal)

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Rove, Karl /kɑːl $ kɑːrl/
(1950–) a US Republican political strategist, who worked for George W. Bush during his election campaign. After the election, he became an assistant and ADVISOR to President Bush. In 2005 he was proven to be one of the people who gave the name of a CIA agent, Valerie Plame, to the press allegedly because her husband had written an article criticizing Bush’s reasons for starting the war in Iraq. In 2007 he was investigated by the Office of Special Counsel for his involvement a scandal involving emails, for the firing (fire) of US attorneys, and for ‘improper political influence over government decision-making’. He resigned in the same year.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rove /rəʊv $ roʊv/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from rave 'to wander' (14-19 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language]

1. [intransitive and transitive] written to travel from one place to another Synonym : roam:
a salesman roving the country

2. roving reporter someone who works for a newspaper or television company and moves from place to place

3. [intransitive] if someone’s eyes rove, they look continuously from one part of something to another
rove over/around
Benedict’s eyes roved boldly over her sleeping body.

4. have a roving eye old-fashioned to always be looking for a chance to have romantic relationships – often used humorously

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