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COCONSPIRATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coconspirator mean?
• COCONSPIRATOR (noun)
The noun COCONSPIRATOR has 1 sense:
1. a member of a conspiracy
Familiarity information: COCONSPIRATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a conspiracy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter
Hypernyms ("coconspirator" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Instance hyponyms:
Fawkes; Guy Fawkes (English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606))
Oates; Titus Oates (English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705))
Holonyms ("coconspirator" is a member of...):
confederacy; conspiracy (a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)
Derivation:
coconspire (conspire together)
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