conspirator
noun
con·spir·a·tor
kən-ˈspir-ə-tər 
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Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years.
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Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
The nationâs high court in October rejected another bid in Maxwellâs multi-pronged effort, refusing to hear an appeal that argued she should have been protected from prosecution based on the sweetheart deal the feds afforded Epstein in 2008 that shielded some of his co-conspirators.
—Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Worked at Wells Fargo Before trial, co-conspirator Aldo Nestor Marchena, a former asset manager with Wells Fargo Bank in Boca Raton, pleaded guilty in June to a conspiracy to commit money laundering.
—Jay Weaver
december 4, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
In 1560, Protestant conspirators attempted to kidnap the young King Francis II, hoping to replace his zealous Catholic regents with ones more sympathetic to the Protestant cause.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
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Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
The nationâs high court in October rejected another bid in Maxwellâs multi-pronged effort, refusing to hear an appeal that argued she should have been protected from prosecution based on the sweetheart deal the feds afforded Epstein in 2008 that shielded some of his co-conspirators.
—Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Worked at Wells Fargo Before trial, co-conspirator Aldo Nestor Marchena, a former asset manager with Wells Fargo Bank in Boca Raton, pleaded guilty in June to a conspiracy to commit money laundering.
—Jay Weaver
december 4, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
In 1560, Protestant conspirators attempted to kidnap the young King Francis II, hoping to replace his zealous Catholic regents with ones more sympathetic to the Protestant cause.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 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 8 Dec. 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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