casuist
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Beneath the glamorous raiment one can also glimpse the wily casuist who accepts the flimsiest excuse for invading France and courts his future wife knowing he has already won her as a spoil of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
I feel only pity," concluded Stimson, "for the casuist who would dismiss the Nazi leaders because 'they were not warned it was a crime.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Nicuesa was the better talker, having been brought up at court, while Ojeda was no great casuist.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
I wish to converse with you, Albert, only as a casuist; and upon a point of conscience which you alone can settle.
From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
One flaw in this chain of reasoning Forsyth, himself no casuist, overlooked.
From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill
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