connivers
Those who conspire
Connivers are people who scheme or conspire, typically through secret cooperation with others.
The word carries implications of deception and self-serving manipulation: The connivers had been skimming funds for years.
A conniver might work alone through cunning or with accomplices through collusion.
Secret joint schemers
- accomplicesPartners in crime
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- schemersCrafty plot makers
- intriguersPeople who scheme secretly
manipulators · plotters · deceivers · tricksters · impostors · swindlers · grifters · charlatans
Crafty and calculating
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- wilySkilled at deception
sly · shrewd · guileful · artful · manipulative · clever · astute · canny
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
subterfuge · ploy · gambit · ruse · manipulation · maneuver · cabal · stratagem
Inclined to conceal
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- covertIntentionally concealed
stealthy · undercover · discreet · hidden · veiled · cloaked · masked · shrouded
conspirators
Secret joint schemers
- accomplicesPartners in crime
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- schemersCrafty plot makers
intriguers · manipulators · plotters · deceivers · tricksters · impostors · swindlers · grifters · charlatans · fraudsters
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- craftyCleverly deceptive
wily · sly · shrewd · guileful · artful · manipulative · clever · astute · canny · resourceful
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
scheme · subterfuge · ploy · gambit · ruse · manipulation · maneuver · cabal · stratagem · deception
secretive
Inclined to conceal
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
covert · stealthy · undercover · discreet · hidden · veiled · cloaked · masked · shrouded · undetected
conniversstraight shooters
Forthright, honest individuals
honest brokers · truth-tellers · saints · innocents · naifs
conniversprotectors
Those who guard others
guardians · whistleblowers · benefactors · saints · altruists