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ringleader
[ ring-lee-der ]
noun
- a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.:
a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
ringleader
/ ˈɪŋˌːə /
noun
- a person who leads others in any kind of unlawful or mischievous activity
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ringleader1
Example Sentences
He said the ringleader controlled every part of the drugs operation and was constantly involved in it.
Allen gained notoriety as one of the ringleaders of what remains Britain's biggest ever armed robbery.
Each authoritarian leader is different, bound only by their anti-liberalism, Dark Triad traits and their celebration as the ringleader of a populist circus.
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.
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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