coconspirator
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- noun
- /ˌkoʊkənˈspɪrɪtər/
- Jargon
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cómplice
- Right up to the start of the trial, we had over 300 investigators trying to identify, or find a link to, any fellow coconspirators.
- an unindicted coconspirator
Examples
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His coconspirators reveal it to Gates, who passes "the sentence of a Martial Court upon him, such as belongs to Mutiny and Rebellion" (TR 1003).
Academic text (2018) -
One of your coconspirators was arrested.
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And I figure one of you two beauties is a coconspirator.
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This disk and your testimony will help us put them and their coconspirators behind bars.
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Although he was not designated as such in the indictment, the grand jury named the President, among others, as an unindicted coconspirator.
Blog text (26) -
And the moment she did, it was as if they were coconspirators in a clandestine plot.
Fiction book (1999) -
"I play for the Yellow Jackets," he answered brightly, for he had found a coconspirator in his quest to stay up past bedtime.
Fiction book (1994) -
She had a conspiratorial feeling about it, though she didn't know who her coconspirators were.
Academic text (1998) -
In 2007, CAIR was designated an unindicted coconspirator in the trial of the officials operating the Holy Land Foundation, who were accused and later convicted of laundering money for Hamas.
Academic text (2010) -
The police arrested him as a coconspirator in the robbery plot.
Synonyms
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A person who secretly plans with others to do something illegal or harmful
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A person who plans a secret illegal or harmful act
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5.6
A person who helps someone secretly, often in a crime
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8.4
A person who secretly plans and helps with illegal actions
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9.9
A person who takes part in secret plots by a small group
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8.9
A person who secretly plans to trick others for personal gain
A person who secretly helps others do something illegal
A person who secretly plans to harm or trick others
How Involved
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- Jargon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
coconspirator = conspirator (transparent) = co + conspire + ator
The prefix 'co-' meaning 'together' attached to 'conspirator' yields a straightforward meaning: a person who joins others in a conspiracy.
Etymology
Coconspirator begins with co- meaning 'together' and links to spirare meaning 'to breathe'. Picture people 'breathing together' as they quietly make a secret plan, and you see why a coconspirator is someone who joins others in a conspiracy.