intriguer

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A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer.

From BBC • May 23, 2013

"Mischievous intriguer," "raven," "rascal,"�so Emperor Napoleon called Germaine de Sta�l, who became almost an obsessional hatred.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a latched compartment of the wagons-lits rode an elderly intriguer, Prince Barbu Stirbey of Rumania, and his elegant daughter, Princess Elise, wife of a British major.

From Time Magazine Archive

Justine, the great intriguer, has grown older and suffered a stroke: a drooping eyelid gives a leering expression to her rouged and overpowdered face.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, tho always ready to help others, he certainly never gave his aid to any political intriguer.

From Comrade Kropotkin by Robinson, Victor