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Noun
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The shuffler could allegedly give the conspirators an unfair advantage by knowing who held the winning hand.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Another defendant texted another co-conspirator that Billups should purposely lose a hand to avoid any cheating allegations.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Even when convicted or exiled, coup plotters may be later freed.—
Joe Wright,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Hecker’s questions probed the extent of Joseph’s diligence when conducting interviews of the coconspirators.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
16 July 2025
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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
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The former vice president was also dubbed a traitor by the rioters.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Schemer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schemer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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