coconspirator

noun

co·​con·​spir·​a·​tor ˌkō-kən-ˈspir-ə-tər 

variants or co-conspirator

plural coconspirators or co-conspirators

: a person who conspires with one or more others : a fellow conspirator

… he was named as an unindicted coconspirator …

—Trans-Action

Five of his co-conspirators were also jailed for their roles in the plot.

—Tom Powell

… was one of four alleged co-conspirators indicted following what officials called one of the largest data breaches in history …

—Stewart Bell and Adrian Humphreys

Examples of coconspirator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the letter, Combs and a coconspirator kidnapped someone at gunpoint in 2011, and later set fire to another person’s convertible using a Molotov cocktail. —Jem Aswad, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2024

The defendants and their coconspirators maintained the lap dance room for this purpose. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024

Gold’s main coconspirator on the project—along with choreographer Sonya Tayeh, best known for her Tony-winning work on Moulin Rouge! —Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024

Under Roman law, they were entitled to a trial, but with an unknown number of their coconspirators still at large, there seemed to be no time for such niceties. —Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing coconspirator

• unindicted coconspirator

Legal Definition

co-conspirator

noun

co-con·​spir·​a·​tor

ˌkō-kən-ˈspir-ə-tər

: a fellow conspirator

Note: Under Federal law, a statement made by a co-conspirator during and to further the conspiracy is admissible as evidence, but there must be other evidence establishing both the conspiracy and the defendant's participation.