codefendant

noun

co·de·fen·dant ˌkō-di-ˈfen-dənt

in legal circles often -ˌdant

variants or co-defendant

plural codefendants or co-defendants

Synonyms of codefendant next

: a defendant in the same lawsuit or criminal prosecution as another defendant or group of defendants : a joint defendant

… the defendant argued that it was plain error for the trial court to have permitted the prosecution to treat his co-defendant as hostile …—

State v. Saenz, 370 P.3d 1278 (2016)

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Flashback: Williams and 27 other codefendants were originally charged in a 65-count indictment in May 2022. —

Kristal Dixon, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024 Trump and several codefendants, who have pleaded not guilty, have sought to disqualify Willis from the case. —

Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 The same month as the Bleecker St. encounters, Williams and a codefendant, Edmee Chavannes, were arrested for smearing paint over a Black Lives Matter mural on the street outside Trump Tower. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024 Eastman was among the codefendants charged in the Fulton County district attorney's racketeering case, and California State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland recommended in March that Eastman be disbarred. —

Sonam Sheth, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for codefendant