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plotter

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as in conspirator

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Recent Examples of plotter Now, instead of waging war with whitetails, Williams focuses full-time on growing and selling mushroom spawn to food plotters and habitat managers through his family business, MycoHabitat. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026 Two months later, Mabrouk and his fellow plotters were arrested and imprisoned by the Ben Ali government. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 This is not like Japan attacking Pearl Harbor or Afghanistan providing safe haven for the 9/11 plotters. — Philip Elliott, Time, 11 Mar. 2026 Liz resented being portrayed in the media as a plotter in James’s coup-in-waiting. — Gabriel Sherman, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plotter

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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
Numerous victims have said that their names and other sensitive information were not properly redacted in the files and criticized Blanche and the department for failing to investigate Epstein’s potential co-conspirators.

— Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of conspirator

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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

Definition of schemer

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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

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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

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