conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ə-tər 
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McCarthy pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for testifying against four of his co-conspirators, per The Bay Area Reporter.
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The deal also protected potential co-conspirators from criminal charges.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
According to the documents filed in the case, the act that Smith pleaded guilty to included his unnamed co-conspirator statutorily raping a 15-year-old minor via oral sex while Smith masturbated.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
Two months later, the very conspirators who orchestrated the assassination ensured Christophe’s election to president of a new Haitian state, proclaimed to be not an empire, after the fashion of Dessalines, but a republic, after the fashion of the United States.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The deal also protected potential co-conspirators from criminal charges.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
According to the documents filed in the case, the act that Smith pleaded guilty to included his unnamed co-conspirator statutorily raping a 15-year-old minor via oral sex while Smith masturbated.
—Mikelle Street, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
Two months later, the very conspirators who orchestrated the assassination ensured Christophe’s election to president of a new Haitian state, proclaimed to be not an empire, after the fashion of Dessalines, but a republic, after the fashion of the United States.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conspirator
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“Conspirator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspirator. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ət-ər
: a person who conspires
Legal Definition
conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ə-tər
: one who conspires
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