intriguer
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A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer.
From BBC ● May 23, 2013
Justine, the great intriguer, has grown older and suffered a stroke: a drooping eyelid gives a leering expression to her rouged and overpowdered face.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of those below Zhdanov, his most serious rival is Georgi Malenkov, 44, a brilliant backstairs intriguer.
From Time Magazine Archive
So have two old cronies, Federal Judge Homer Thornberry, whom Johnson unsuccessfully nominated for the Supreme Court last year, and Frank Erwin, a longtime intriguer in Texas Democratic politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
He afterwards appears in various guises as evil counsellor, as an evil intriguer, and as a skilful arranger of the fylkings on the field of battle.
From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.
