intriguer

Definition of intriguernext

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Noun
  • Authorities said Mareik also sent thousands of fraudulent prescriptions to a co-conspirator and caused the submission of fraudulent prescriptions under her own name.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
  • In Finkelstein’s case, the indictment not only highlights the cardiologist but also lists two unnamed co-conspirators, one from Broward County and the other from Palm Beach County.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China.
    Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 June 2026
  • Readers may learn about the Florida aquifer, cowhunters, deadhead logging, old-school conservationists such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas and even Charles Ponzi, the famed schemer.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That lack of coordination played a role in letting the plotters slip through intelligence, often in plain sight.
    Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • Investigators used search warrants for cell phone data and chart plotters to discover sourcing.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Keep your actual and suspected traitors closer – the non-loyal, uncommitted, secretive, suspicious, dishonest, deceitful, chronically negative, and regularly undermining.
    Peter D. Banko, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Both groups were accused of being spies, traitors and collaborators, according to the report.
    Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Faiq’s co-coconspirator allegedly had an altercation with the victims’ son in a Miami nightclub in July 2024.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • His coconspirator, Gary Cox, was previously convicted and sentenced to 15 years over his part in the scheme.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 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 26 Jun. 2026.

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