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ringleader

[ ring-lee-der ]

noun

  1. a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.:

    a ringleader of revolutionary activities.



ringleader

/ ˈ°ùɪŋˌ±ô¾±Ë»åÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person who leads others in any kind of unlawful or mischievous activity
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Origin of ringleader1

First recorded in 1495–1505; ring 1 + leader
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He said the ringleader controlled every part of the drugs operation and was constantly involved in it.

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Allen gained notoriety as one of the ringleaders of what remains Britain's biggest ever armed robbery.

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Each authoritarian leader is different, bound only by their anti-liberalism, Dark Triad traits and their celebration as the ringleader of a populist circus.

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Four defendants described as ringleaders were sentenced to between five years and nine months and eight years in jail by a court in western Germany.

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Aden, the ringleader, wears the mask-like machismo of a father who doesn’t want his kids to know that things aren’t under control.

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