Synonyms of codefendant

codefendant

noun

as in defendant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defendant
• plaintiff
• pleader
• advocate
• arguer
• disputant
• debater
• quarreller
• quarreler
• brawler
• challenger
• disputer
• scrapper
• contestant
• fighter
• wrangler
• argufier
• bickerer
• squabbler
• skirmisher
• contender
• quibbler
• pettifogger
• nitpicker
• fusser

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of codefendant

Former President Donald Trump and several codefendants are trying to get a Georgia District Attorney and her whole office thrown off of Trump's Georgia election racketeering case. —Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 16 Feb. 2024

His brother, who was named Navalny’s codefendant in a sham embezzlement case, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison, and several of Navalny’s coworkers have been threatened or forced to flee Russia. —Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016

Court filings earlier this week revealed Smith had submitted a two-volume report to Garland on Jan. 7, just days after attorneys for Trump and his codefendants reviewed a draft report. —Robert Legare, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025

The rest of the charges were dismissed as part of the agreement, with the plea contingent on all Bateman's codefendants also pleading guilty. —Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024