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intriguer

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Noun
  • Clase, 27, is also accused of receiving kickbacks from the conspirators and violating MLB rules by using his cell phone during games to coordinate with bettors.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Jennifer and her three surviving co-conspirators were granted an appeal for their first-degree murder charges in May 2023.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • His second administration isn't a story about how dirty trails all lead up to one grand schemer, but rather that there’s no scheme at all.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Taylor Momsen, who played the social-climbing schemer across the first four seasons of the teen drama, recently divulged the details of her abrupt exit from the show.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The plotters received extensive aid from the U.S., where plans were also drawn up to provide military support should the upheaval devolve into a civil war.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When an anarchist frames one of them for treason, another is determined to track down a traitor.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The competition show takes place in Scotland and has cast members divided into two groups, traitors and faithfuls, and the faithfuls try to vote off the traitors to win a cash prize.
    Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 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
  • In his first interview since the tragic events in May, Cacique, a Spanish nickname given to a local boss, said the turncoats hoped to receive a reward for the capture of Robert Colina, whose alias was Pantera, Spanish for panther.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • 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
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“Intriguer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intriguer. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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