Which word, if substituted for rogues, would best retain the meaning of the passage

I believe that felons is the word that would best retain the meaning of the passage is substituted for rogues. 
Citizens is too weak a word, heroes means the opposite of rogue, scoundrel seems to literary to me, so I would choose - felons. 

Well based on the summary,   the setting plays a big role in char. development since the cat has been spoiled and babied her whole life she has to figure out how to survive on there own for the first time. and since winter is coming the cat is faced with lots of dangers and troubles. but, like you said with the storm that brought an invasion of rats, since she is   a cat shell figure out how to kill and get food and the storm is the best way to learn right. can you mark me brainliest pls! read more on -