as in traitors
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 conspirators
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.
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Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
She’s also accused of directing co-conspirators to apply for public and private grants for the organization that actually went toward the couple’s living expenses.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 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
Jubair and other unnamed conspirators allegedly contacted company help desks and convinced representatives to reset other users’ passwords multiple times in addition to allegedly running password cracking software.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, performances from newcomer Chase Infiniti as Bob’s daughter Willa, Teyana Taylor as Willa’s mother Perfidia, and Regina Hall and Benicio del Toro as the couple’s former co-conspirators are all lauded for their magnetism and tenderness.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
The conspirators, prosecutors said, intended to create the illusion that Rogers had skipped town.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
The conspirators laundered the bribes by moving funds from Atlanco to Marchena’s front company in the United States to accounts held for the benefit of Honduran officials in the United States, Belize and elsewhere, according to the Justice Department.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Malanga’s American co-conspirators were ultimately sentenced to life in prison in April 2025.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
She’s also accused of directing co-conspirators to apply for public and private grants for the organization that actually went toward the couple’s living expenses.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 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
Jubair and other unnamed conspirators allegedly contacted company help desks and convinced representatives to reset other users’ passwords multiple times in addition to allegedly running password cracking software.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, performances from newcomer Chase Infiniti as Bob’s daughter Willa, Teyana Taylor as Willa’s mother Perfidia, and Regina Hall and Benicio del Toro as the couple’s former co-conspirators are all lauded for their magnetism and tenderness.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
The conspirators, prosecutors said, intended to create the illusion that Rogers had skipped town.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
The conspirators laundered the bribes by moving funds from Atlanco to Marchena’s front company in the United States to accounts held for the benefit of Honduran officials in the United States, Belize and elsewhere, according to the Justice Department.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Malanga’s American co-conspirators were ultimately sentenced to life in prison in April 2025.
—Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspirators
traitors
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So many traitors, smooth operators.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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The stars play a game in which a group of ‘faithful’ players must detect and eliminate ‘traitors,’ who each evening banish others from the competition.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Conspirators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspirators. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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