schemer

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Duer was also an inveterate speculator and get-rich-quick schemer: “king of the alley,” as Thomas Jefferson derisively referred External link to Wall Street.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Mr. Powell radiates such manly American likability that it’s bizarrely out of character for him to play this ruthless schemer, even as an impish chancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

She picked up an Actors Award nomination earlier this month for playing Rachel, the film’s chaos-creating schemer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

This platinum-haired schemer and scene-stealer often dressed head to toe in white and is as smart as he is smug.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2025

Miraculously, Oskar Schindler, this complex man of many contradictions—Nazi opportunist, schemer, courageous maverick, rescuer, hero—had saved nearly 1,200 Jews from almost certain death.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson