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The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Aug. 2024
Its first drama aims to shatter myths around the Gunpowder Plot, one of the most infamous moments in British history and when, in 1605, a group of plotters organized by Catesby attempted to blow up King James I at the opening of Parliament.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2024
Thus, Obama forfeited America’s best chance at executing the 9/11 plotters.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Aug. 2024
This time, the plotters chose to lawyer up and turn the trial into a referendum on America’s treatment of unlawful enemy combatants obviously guilty of mass murder.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Aug. 2024
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Aug. 2024
Its first drama aims to shatter myths around the Gunpowder Plot, one of the most infamous moments in British history and when, in 1605, a group of plotters organized by Catesby attempted to blow up King James I at the opening of Parliament.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2024
Thus, Obama forfeited America’s best chance at executing the 9/11 plotters.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Aug. 2024
This time, the plotters chose to lawyer up and turn the trial into a referendum on America’s treatment of unlawful enemy combatants obviously guilty of mass murder.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plotter
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Austin’s alleged conspirators have been behind bars for more than five years, but until recently Austin’s identity and whereabouts had been unknown.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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The foiling of the plot is now celebrated with fireworks, bonfires, and the burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes—all to symbolize the capture and punishment of the conspirators.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Like Trump, Carlson appeals to his base by positioning himself as a class traitor—not a man of the people, exactly, but an apostate from the cosmopolitan élite.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cumming will lead a new group of 21 traitors from across a variety of other reality series.Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In May, Nowlin’s coconspirator, Devin Alan Rhoden, 25, plead guilty to the same counts.Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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According to the letter, Combs and a coconspirator kidnapped someone at gunpoint in 2011, and later set fire to another person’s convertible using a Molotov cocktail.Jem Aswad, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Plotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plotter. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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