chief criminal; chief sinister figure; man of iniquity; ringleader ❍ 据着我胸襟胆气，焉敢拒敌官军，剪除君侧～？(《水浒全传》228)How could such as I hope,as the secret ambition of my heart,to do combat with the imperial soldiers,or how to do away with that most wicked and most cruel of all the court of the Emperor?