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schemer
[ skee-mer ]
noun
- someone who devises plans or plots, especially underhanded ones:
She is one of the memorable characters in literature, a born schemer and social climber unencumbered by any need to tell the truth.
Word History and Origins
Origin of schemer1
Example Sentences
The voice could grumble and soar, scraping the deepest recesses of evil and reaching the high-pitched cajoling of a championship schemer.
In its travels around Brazil and America, the stone has wreaked havoc on the lives of smugglers, schemers and dreamers.
The bank, which goes by the name TD Bank in the U.S., facilitated the laundering of more than a half-billion dollars by human traffickers, fentanyl dealers, a major Ponzi schemer and others.
If Ida B. Wells were alive today, she’d be fighting for facts and challenging the dishonest schemers.
The glow of paradise is offset by the stench of crime, usually committed by craven schemers.
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