codefendants

variants or co-defendants
plural of codefendant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for codefendants
Noun
  • Three other defendants initially listed in Zwerner's complaint -- two school administrators and the Newport News School Board -- were dismissed from the lawsuit ahead of the civil trial.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • When a sheriff shot two of the defendants, one fatally, before they could be retried, Moore called for him to be suspended and charged with murder.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Federal judge Julia Kobick in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Administration from enforcing the policy against Orr and six other individual plaintiffs in April.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In a May 2024 answer to the lawsuit complaint, city attorneys representing the defendants argued that there shouldn't be grounds for a lawsuit and the plaintiffs aren't entitled to any damages.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Codefendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/codefendants. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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