conniver

Example Sentences

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A New Jersey mobster, an Albuquerque meth kingpin and a couple of suburban Russian spies later won my heart on cable, but it all started with a Stetson-wearing conniver on CBS each Friday night.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020

But Lincoln’s bumbling successor, Andrew Johnson, brought the conniver back out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2018

So many things writ into him, saint, conniver, fallen soul, dreamer, and a laugh that comes at you like a roll of thunder.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2017

A psychiatrist with a lucrative pharmaceutical business, he turns out to have been as much a conniver as a connoisseur.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2015

And not because he was a conniver either; I was sure of that.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles