intriguer

Definition of intriguernext

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Noun
  • That co-conspirator has been charged but remains at large.
    Sergio Candido, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • As of April 10, at least five of the conspirators have been booked in Yolo County jail, and two people were arrested in outside of the county, according to Reisig.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Thomas Jefferson, the great hero of the Declaration of Independence, is shown as hypocritical, cowardly, manipulative, a schemer of every kind.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The standout is Jack Davenport, playing Soames’ father James as a shameless schemer, bent on frustrating his brother’s side of the family by any means necessary.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Now, instead of waging war with whitetails, Williams focuses full-time on growing and selling mushroom spawn to food plotters and habitat managers through his family business, MycoHabitat.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Liz resented being portrayed in the media as a plotter in James’s coup-in-waiting.
    Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • As the castle’s internal order collapses under the weight of a string of baffling crimes, Araki strikes a fragile alliance with Kuroda Kanbei – a razor-minded captive languishing in his own dungeon – in a race to root out a traitor before Oda’s army closes in.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In the context of his time, Jesus was considered a traitor — an enemy of the Roman Empire.
    Michael J Christensen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The documentary made the case, again, that Aziz and Islam were innocent, asserted Bradley’s guilt, and named other coconspirators.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The first lady also addressed an email that was released from the Epstein files, showing her correspondence via email with Epstein’s coconspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.
    Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.
    Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Intriguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intriguer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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