intriguer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intriguer
Noun
  • Maxwell was the longtime co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York City jail in 2019.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The deal also protected potential co-conspirators from criminal charges.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even when convicted or exiled, coup plotters may be later freed.
    Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Though ultimately abandoned, the plotters went so far as to begin tracking Moraes’s movements, according to the New York Times.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Dionysius of Heraclea, caught in a health crisis, abandoned Stoicism for the pleasures of the Cyrenaics — only to be branded a traitor by former allies who saw his change of heart as proof of weakness.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The bandit takes the pair into Shaybani territory, where he is treated with suspicion, to the extent that he is considered a traitor and condemned to die.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump last week directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to request the release of grand jury testimonies from Epstein and his coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
    Amalia Huot-Marchand, The Hill, 25 July 2025
  • Hecker’s questions probed the extent of Joseph’s diligence when conducting interviews of the coconspirators.
    Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • President Abraham Lincoln called on state militias at the outset of the Civil War to help in fighting Confederate turncoats to the South.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The turncoats are John Hannah, Biggie Munn, Bo Schembechler and Burt Smith.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 9 July 2025
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“Intriguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intriguer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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