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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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."

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The face of the intriguer remained steadfast save that the unblinking eyes became a little pained.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville