noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ movie , pantomime ( BrE ), screen
▪
He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime ~.
▪
He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie ~.
▪ evil
▪ great
▪
The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest ~s.
▪ real , true
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He felt that the insurance companies were the real ~s in all this.
VERB + VILLAIN
▪ cast sb as
▪
She seems to have cast me as the ~ in her latest emotional upheaval.
▪ play
▪
He has played ~s in most of his movies.
▪ catch ( esp. BrE )
▪
The police still haven't caught the ~.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of the piece
▪
He changed his story to make his wife appear the ~ of the piece.