as in traitor
a person who is involved in a secret plan to do something harmful or illegal; a person who is involved in a conspiracy
The conspirators were caught in a web of lies that eventually led to their undoing.
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Recent Examples of conspirator
The deal also protected potential co-conspirators from criminal charges.
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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
They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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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
They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists.
—Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspirator
Noun
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One analyst who praised the plan was accused of being a race traitor, and other critics have voiced fears that China will be overrun by outsiders.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The high-concept social experiment show, in which a group of strangers work together to uncover the traitors, sorry, werewolves, amongst them, was a breakout hit on Canal+ in France and has already been adapted for ARD’s online service in Germany.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Trump last week directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to request the release of grand jury testimonies from Epstein and his coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Amalia Huot-Marchand,
The Hill,
25 July 2025
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Hecker’s questions probed the extent of Joseph’s diligence when conducting interviews of the coconspirators.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
16 July 2025
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“Conspirator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspirator. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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