- a word derived from intrigue.
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A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer.
From BBC • May 23, 2013
With Benjamin belongs Diplomat John Slidell, slick, charming, Byronic intriguer at the Paris court, oldstyle boss of New Orleans.
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Last week Harry St. John B. Philby, Briton-turned-Moslem, familiar intriguer in the Arab world and intimate of Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, arrived in India "to buy tents."
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Young Vladimir was deeply influenced by the Russian revolutionary tradition stemming from the anarchists, by the peasant-dreamer Tkachev, and by the demonic intriguer Nechaev.
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The face of the intriguer remained steadfast save that the unblinking eyes became a little pained.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville