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conspirator

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for conspirator.

Editorial note

It instantly transforms her from hapless dependent (and one more worry on your mind) to co-conspirator and confidant.

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Quick take

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of conspirator gathered in one view.

noun

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for conspirator.

noun

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

Example sentences

1

It instantly transforms her from hapless dependent (and one more worry on your mind) to co-conspirator and confidant.

2

So, right now, if someone detonates a bomb with a cell phone, Verizon/AT&T is basically a co-conspirator?

3

However, in a case like this, coming forward would essentially identify yourself as a co-conspirator in a clearly illegal enterprise.

4

If after faced with the facts, he refused to immediately produce the perpetrators, that makes it malevolent, he is now a co-conspirator.

5

Do you really need a co-conspirator to share in your attempt to ridicule someone?

6

When the only two possibilities to explain your tenure are 1) a lying co-conspirator or 2) mind-blowingly incompetent--then you've truly done a bang-up job.

7

It never occurred to me I was an unwitting conspirator in your race to the bottom.

8

All on the basis that a portion of these crimes appear to have happened on the same day the alleged conspirator resigned from his job.

9

It must be proved separately that the owner or builder knowingly entered into some kind of agreement with another conspirator to facilitate a crime [3].

10

Perhaps bribed, perhaps threatened, maybe both, or just a co-conspirator.

11

First Citizen Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator.

12

Similarly, a person does not become a conspirator merely by associating with one or more persons who are conspirators, nor merely by knowing that a conspiracy exists.

Quote examples

1

I think your conspirator's OP comment "As a non-OSX user, I don't care about your UX" is more vain.

2

Disclosure: I was potentially an "unnamed co-conspirator" in the lawsuit.

3

> I think your conspirator's OP comment "As a non-OSX user, I don't care about your UX" is more vain.

4

Legally, "you should have known something fishy was going to occur" is a very different beast from "you knowingly participated in a felony conspiracy, and a co-conspirator committed murder that depended on your material aid." Home invasions have a tendency to end up with someone dead.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use conspirator in a sentence?

It instantly transforms her from hapless dependent (and one more worry on your mind) to co-conspirator and confidant.

What does conspirator mean?

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

What part of speech is conspirator?

conspirator is commonly used as noun.