noun
- a person who leads or organizes a group engaged in illegal or disruptive activities
Examples
- The police arrested the ringleader of the theft operation.
- She was identified as the ringleader of the student protest.
- The ringleader convinced the others to participate in the scheme.
- Without their ringleader, the group quickly disbanded.
- The ringleader was sentenced to five years in prison.
- Teachers suspected him of being the ringleader behind the pranks.