intriguer
Example Sentences
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A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer.
From BBC ● May 23, 2013
How Baldwin hoped to lift his own popularity by dumping the extremely popular King, the Beaver, who himself was a compulsive intriguer, never quite made clear.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Canton, Ho worked for Borodin, the Russian intriguer who helped undermine China.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a fairly skillful intriguer who deliberately unleashed forces he may no longer be able to control, even if he wanted to.
From Time Magazine Archive
The face of the intriguer remained steadfast save that the unblinking eyes became a little pained.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
