intriguer
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A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer.
From BBC ● May 23, 2013
With Benjamin belongs Diplomat John Slidell, slick, charming, Byronic intriguer at the Paris court, oldstyle boss of New Orleans.
From Time Magazine Archive
So was their commander, who promptly changed sides and began issuing statements damning Mobutu as a "colonialist intriguer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Vladimir was deeply influenced by the Russian revolutionary tradition stemming from the anarchists, by the peasant-dreamer Tkachev, and by the demonic intriguer Nechaev.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world was also well assured that the favourite was an intriguer.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
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