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intriguer

noun

Definition of intriguer

as in conspirator

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Meanwhile, third wife Iya Femi (Bimbo Ademoye) is the most cunning and ruthless in trying to defend her position within the household, playing up to Iya Segi’s schemes as her most willing conspirator.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
But the heart of this story is the toxic years-long romance between Marjorie and her co-conspirator Bill Rothstein (David Harbour), an equally cunning player who was blinded by love.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of conspirator

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Editor’s pick More picks How a bootlegging schemer launched the tiki movement from his tiny Hollywood bar.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Matt Damon plays Odysseus as a gruff, practical tactician, rather than an energetically inventive and morally dubious schemer.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of schemer

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Then in the 1980s, vinyl plotters came on the market, and people started using those machines to cut out letters for signs.

— Clio Chang, Curbed, 22 June 2026
The plotters behind the coup had rolled tanks down the main streets, parking them at strategic locations all over the city.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

Definition of plotter

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The team was criticized in Iran and branded as traitors in the media there for remaining silent when the Iranian national anthem was played ahead of their opening loss against South Korea on March 2.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
However, their time together ended when Tamburello, a faithful, turned on Parks, a traitor, and voted to banish her in episode 10.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of traitor

Noun

Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Others were lured by his girlfriend and coconspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, or by other young girls like themselves, who were paid by Epstein to recruit them.

— Abby Ellin, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026

Definition of coconspirator

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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

Definition of turncoat

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