intriguer

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From BBC • May 23, 2013

In a latched compartment of the wagons-lits rode an elderly intriguer, Prince Barbu Stirbey of Rumania, and his elegant daughter, Princess Elise, wife of a British major.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young Vladimir was deeply influenced by the Russian revolutionary tradition stemming from the anarchists, by the peasant-dreamer Tkachev, and by the demonic intriguer Nechaev.

From Time Magazine Archive

How Baldwin hoped to lift his own popularity by dumping the extremely popular King, the Beaver, who himself was a compulsive intriguer, never quite made clear.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am not the vulgar intriguer you suppose—I merely kidnaped that charming——" "If you refuse," interrupted Winifred with basilisk eyes, "I shall ring for Forbes and have you turned out of the house at once.

From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard