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Narrator: Today's word is "Ringleader" — noun, pronounced /ˈrɪŋliːdə(r)/, with the stress on "ring".
Narrator: A ringleader is a person who leads a group in doing something wrong or illegal.
Narrator: In plain English, it is the boss of the troublemakers.
Narrator: It joins ring, a group of people, with leader.
Narrator: A common collocation is "the alleged ringleader", which describes someone accused of leading a crime.
Narrator: It differs from "leader", because leader is neutral, while ringleader is negative.
Narrator: In a second sense, informally, a ringleader starts playful mischief, like a class prank.
Narrator: Crime reporting, law, schools and history all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a ringleader leads the wrong crowd.
Speaker A: Who started the water fight?
Speaker B: Tom was the RINGLEADER! It joins ring and leader.
Speaker A: Is he in trouble?
Speaker B: Detention on Friday.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Police arrested the ringleader", crime. "The ringleaders of the riot were jailed", history. "She was the ringleader of the prank", school.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Write it as one word, "ringleader".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Instigator is its cousin, mastermind its twin, and gang leader an alternative — yet ringleader keeps its mischievous charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "ringleader" in AI prompts — useful for crime fiction and fraud detection.
Speaker A: How for fiction?
Speaker B: Build villains.
Prompt: Create a clever ringleader character for a smuggling mystery.
Speaker A: And fraud?
Speaker B: Find hubs.
Prompt: Analyse this transaction network and identify accounts that may be ringleaders.
Speaker A: Could it help news?
Speaker B: Yes, for fairness.
Prompt: Rewrite this headline to say alleged ringleader until a conviction.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: School.
Prompt: Write fair guidance for teachers dealing with a prank ringleader.
Ringleader — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary