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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ringleader \Ring"lead`er\, n.
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence the leader of a
number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of
animals.
A primacy of order such an one as the ringleader
hath in a dance. --Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the
violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters,
mutineers, or the like
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried fined, and
imprisoned. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ringleader
n : a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
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