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“It’s just that we missed the moment when unqualified scoundrels and intrigants crushed these humble guys,” he said, using his usual insults for the Russian military general staff.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

It was common gossip in Turkey last week that although the British had persuaded Iraq to break off relations with Germany, several German intrigants had recently sneaked into Iraq to negotiate with Iraqi sheiks.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Why do we see this ferocity among the intrigants against Robespierre?" exclaimed one of the partisans when tranquillity was re-established.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.