schemer
Example Sentences
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One could even say that wasps are the cunning analysts of the animal world, strategically plotting how to maneuver in the game of life with their peers like a Machiavellian schemer in any melodrama.
From Salon
Then came relocation of formerly unionized companies to the right-to-work Sunbelt, unionized corporations “ripped, stripped and flipped” by venture capitalists and takeover schemers, NAFTA, deindustrialization.
From Seattle Times
But Trump likes the image of himself as a schemer so much that he dives into one conspiracy after another, without stopping to consider that he's not actually very good at this.
From Salon
I think to them he is a very American character — a manipulator, a schemer who succeeds very often in his schemes, which can seem hollow and literally surface level value.
From Los Angeles Times
There are really two movies happening here: one, a cat-and-mouse game between two manipulative schemers; and another that skewers self-involved, “anything for a click” influencers.
From Los Angeles Times
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