ringleader
/ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/ noun C2- 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. · The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
Plural ringleaders
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Now, of the two men, it is clear that the one who wrote the ‘at’ and ‘to’ was the ringleader.”
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