coconspirator

Other forms: coconspirators

Definitions of coconspirator
  1. noun
    a member of a conspiracy
    synonyms: conspirator, machinator, plotter
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    examples:
    Guy Fawkes
    English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)
    Titus Oates
    English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
    type of:
    criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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