ringleader

Example Sentences

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At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

China called on Thursday for criminal associates of accused scam boss Chen Zhi to surrender voluntarily in return for lighter sentences, after their alleged ringleader was extradited from Cambodia.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

Chen Zhi, the alleged ringleader of one of Asia’s largest scam conglomerates, was arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, the Cambodian government said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Investigators first became suspicious when the septuagenarian ringleader attempted to sell two supposedly original paintings by Picasso on the art market.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

He knows what he must do: He must keep the attention of the justices, he must convince them that he was the ringleader, that Karl and Rudi and Düwer were simply followers, no matter what.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti