intriguer

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A person who practises expediency in preference to morality; an intriguer or schemer.

From BBC • May 23, 2013

Asia's second most successful Communist intriguer, Ho Chi Minh. flew into Peking to see the No. 1 in his business, Mao Tse-tung.

From Time Magazine Archive

So was their commander, who promptly changed sides and began issuing statements damning Mobutu as a "colonialist intriguer."

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a fairly skillful intriguer who deliberately unleashed forces he may no longer be able to control, even if he wanted to.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carter had been, like Rodman himself, the intriguer, but he had always been trustworthy with his friends.

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville