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intriguer

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Definition of intriguer

as in conspirator

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Noun

Six of the co-conspirators worked for Nike throughout the theft ring.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
The other six co-conspirators were Abraham Alvarez, 31, of Nebraska; Daniel Eskridge, 32, of Missouri; William Falkner, 21, of Washington; Jordan Rincker, 28, of Missouri; Bryan Roa, 25, of California; and Michael Thomas, 32, of California.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 July 2026

Definition of conspirator

Noun

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
The Intrigue, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 14) Advertisement For a handsome schemer in Mexico during the 1940s, love and longing may be the best way to an income.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 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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Those who opposed the coup, like Tom Keith's grandfather, are still often thought of as traitors, just as his distant relatives are.

— Lee Cowan, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Irina and Raskova will enjoy a long, successful professional collaboration, purging Star City of traitors and threats and bringing down Petrovsky in a plot that leads to his ending his life in ignominy, having confessed to crimes against the state.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of traitor

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

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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