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Meanings of mastermind in English

Portuguese
gênia
Catalan
crack
Spanish
cerebro

An intelligent person.

        gênia
        Catalan
        inspirador

        Someone who creates new things.

              inspirador
              Portuguese
              organizar
              Catalan
              organitzar
              Spanish
              dirigir

              Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

                    organizar
                    Usage of mastermind in English
                    1
                    I went down another: the case of global criminal mastermind Paul LeRoux.
                    Wired
                    2
                    Barak helped mastermind the two biggest Israeli military operations in recent years.
                    The new yorker
                    3
                    But without its legal mastermind, he began to lose large cases, and
                    The President's Assassin
                    4
                    I think she's the mastermind behind the return of Merlin, in fact.
                    James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
                    5
                    No more than a front man, no doubt; certainly not the mastermind.
                    Complete Books of Blood
                    6
                    Susanto was charged with harboring terrorists, including alleged terrorist mastermind Noordin Top.
                    The Irish Times
                    7
                    This is a trivial cost for a financial mastermind such as yourself.
                    Wired
                    8
                    He was described as the mastermind behind the alleged misconduct by Saikawa.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    Which 2004 film featured North Korea's Kim Jong-Il as its mastermind baddie?
                    The Irish Times
                    10
                    Cervero was jailed for being the mastermind of the Petrobras corruption scandal.
                    BBC
                    11
                    But after all that huffing and puffing from the Tory mastermind, nothing.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    Sources say police regard him as the mastermind of the journalist's killing.
                    Reuters
                    13
                    He said: We are still in need to get the mastermind of this.
                    The South African
                    14
                    The challenge now is to hold the mastermind behind the conspiracy to account.
                    The South African
                    15
                    Pity the police could not apprehend the mastermind behind the crime.
                    The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
                    16
                    But behind the scenes there's the inevitable criminal mastermind: Rex Fury.
                    The Irish Times
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                    Mastermind through the time
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                    Common
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                    Less common
                    United States of America
                    Less common
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