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

“How many moral lapses had I committed? How many ethical breaches had I fallen into? . . . Like many another financial conniver, I was in a short-term mode.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2018

Cagney shines in "Blonde Crazy" as a cynical hotel bellhop, a part-time bootlegger and full-time conniver who feels he is living in "the age of chiselry" and wants to get his while the getting's good.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2016

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

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles