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RINGLEADER
ringleader
(noun) a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ringleader (plural ringleaders)
A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.
A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang.
Source: Wiktionary
Ring"lead`er, n.
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like. The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and imprisoned. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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