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a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)

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Down ye go." "Shall we?" cried the ringleader to his men.
In a few minutes the scuttle was opened, and, bound hand and foot, the still struggling ringleader was shoved up into the air by his perfidious allies, who at once claimed the honor of securing a man who had been fully ripe for murder.
Now, of the two men, it is clear that the one who wrote the 'at' and 'to' was the ringleader."
They had not been long in that posture when the boatswain, who was the principal ringleader of the mutiny, and had now shown himself the most dejected and dispirited of all the rest, came walking towards them, with two more of the crew; the captain was so eager at having this principal rogue so much in his power, that he could hardly have patience to let him come so near as to be sure of him, for they only heard his tongue before: but when they came nearer, the captain and Friday, starting up on their feet, let fly at them.
The 78-year-old, along with fellow ringleaders Brian Reader, 80, Daniel Jones, 64, and Terry Perkins, who died in prison last year aged 69, were handed one of the biggest confiscation orders in Scotland Yard's history.
While hailing the measures against drugs, civil society groups voiced concerns that the ringleaders in such crimes were not being targeted.
Ultimately, the ringleaders sell the cards for cash.
The number of criminals hiding in the area of Kutcha of Ghotki and Kashmore is in hundreds and the ringleaders are operating their Jagerani and Tegani Gangs .
Police said the Mikindani ward representative Renson Thoya was arrested on suspicion of being of the demonstration's ringleaders.
They say they feel intimidated, angry and scared by 'feral' youths, led by five 'ringleaders.'.
Colonel Jafari said that the drug lord was one of the main ringleaders of drug trafficking who smuggled narcotics from the neighboring countries to Iran and other countries, and added, "He played the key role in the transit of more than 20 tons of drugs."
SIALKOT -- Police claimed on Tuesday to have busted two inter-district dacoit-gangs and arrested their ten members including ringleaders.
Four ringleaders coached the former workers on how to feign depression and other mental health problems that allowed them to get payouts as high as $500,000 over years, Vance said.
Chatwood, known as Chatty, had pleaded guilty to being one of the ringleaders in the theft of gold and silver from a lorry near Antwerp, in Belgium.