conniver

Example Sentences

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A New Jersey mobster, an Albuquerque meth kingpin and a couple of suburban Russian spies later won my heart on cable, but it all started with a Stetson-wearing conniver on CBS each Friday night.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020

But Lincoln’s bumbling successor, Andrew Johnson, brought the conniver back out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2018

“How many moral lapses had I committed? How many ethical breaches had I fallen into? . . . Like many another financial conniver, I was in a short-term mode.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2018

So many things writ into him, saint, conniver, fallen soul, dreamer, and a laugh that comes at you like a roll of thunder.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2017

“They didn’t mean well. The older one is an unpleasant conniver like her mother and the younger one is a simpleton. It never entered their heads to mean well.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine