schemer

noun

Definition of schemernext
as in conspirator

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  1. conspirator
  2. plotter
  3. coconspirator
  4. traitor
Noun
  • 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
  • Beginning in December 2020, Rhodes and other conspirators plotted to stop Congress from certifying the results of the presidential election, the prosecutors alleged.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of conspirator
Noun
  • Pentagon revokes plea deal for 9/11 plotters Fox News' Marianne Rafferty has the latest on the plea deal that Pentagon prosecutors agreed to with three of the terrorists behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The coup plotters fired at crowds and bombed parliament and other government buildings.
    Michael Rubinkam, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of plotter
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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
  • 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
Definition of coconspirator
Noun
  • Cumming will lead a new group of 21 traitors from across a variety of other reality series.
    Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • He is now considered one of America’s worst traitors.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of traitor
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