ringleader
/ˈrɪŋliːdə
/noun
A person who initiates or leads an illicit or illegal activity: the four ringleaders were sentenced to death on the gibbet...
- Police raided the ringleader's business and confiscated 35 stolen laptops and 20 PDAs.
- The ringleaders of the Council were rounded up in a joint effort between the French government and the British Royal Navy.
- The ringleader was sentenced to eight years in prison.
- put (or set) spurs to
- put (or set) the cat among the pigeons
- put (or set) the record straight
- put (or set) the seal on
- put (or stick) one's oar in
- put (or throw) someone off the scent
- put out
- put out to grass
- put (out) to sea
- put paid to
- put-put
- putrefacient
- putrefact
- putrefacted
- putrefaction
- putrefactious
- putrefactive
- putrefiable
- putrefication
- putrefier
- putrefy
- putrescence
- putrescent
- putrescibility
- putrescible