梟きょう雄ゆう

noun

ringleader; accomplished villain; cunning leader

Refers to a bold, ruthless, and cunning person who leads others in wrongdoing or rebellion. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts. Not an everyday word; carries a literary or slightly archaic flavor.

• 彼かれは戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの梟きょう雄ゆうとして知しられている。

  He is known as a cunning leader of the Warring States period.

• その政せい治じ家かは政せい界かいの梟きょう雄ゆうと呼よばれた。

  That politician was called a ringleader of the political world.