How to Use coconspirator in a Sentence

coconspirator

noun
  • Five coconspirators have been charged and two are awaiting custody.
    — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
  • The defendants and their coconspirators maintained the lap dance room for this purpose.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
  • Five of Stirling’s troops entered the camp, searching for Calyute and his coconspirators.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Reese is cooperating with prosecutors, who also filed charges against one of her alleged coconspirators in thefts of homes across the city.
    — Mark Fazlollah, Philly.com, 2 Dec. 2012
  • Under Roman law, they were entitled to a trial, but with an unknown number of their coconspirators still at large, there seemed to be no time for such niceties.
    — Michael Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
  • Pelkey and the other teen who lived outside of Chicago were to take a train or a bus and allegedly meet their fellow coconspirator in the city before the attack.
    — Fox News, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Critics of the investigations have questioned why more coconspirators haven’t been charged.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes, Celeste sees herself as a victim, sometimes as a coconspirator, sometimes as the true monster.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 9 June 2019
  • And in the time he was gone, Abbas has already made moves against him, arranging for his impeachment by framing him as Noor’s coconspirator.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Rod Rosenstein is either a witness or a coconspirator in the case if there is an obstruction because of the firing of James Comey.
    — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2018
  • While contacting the driver and distracted by a coconspirator, a canine occupant attempted to elude on foot.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Little told jurors that the only evidence that will show that Janbakhsh knew about the false loan entries at the time they were being made is the testimony of the coconspirators.
    — Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 30 July 2025
  • The group is also accused of lining their pockets and the pockets of their coconspirators in Colombia by laundering tens of thousands of dollars of victims' funds.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The suspect was assisted by a young coconspirator during the Poway heist, according to prosecutors.
    — City News Service, Pomerado News, 25 June 2018
  • Hecker’s questions probed the extent of Joseph’s diligence when conducting interviews of the coconspirators.
    — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 16 July 2025
  • Despite Connecticut laws prohibiting fully nude dancers at strip clubs, the defendants and their coconspirators allowed and encouraged dancers to be fully nude.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
  • That would be coconspirator Stein Agee who was a partner at Accounting Firm 2 and prepared some of the partnership tax returns.
    — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • Meanwhile, Paz and Crandall have already agreed to plea deals and could testify against their onetime friend, along with a potential parade of other alleged coconspirators.
    — Claire Galofaro, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • In one email to the unindicted coconspirator, Pierce suggested a starting price to be used in the negotiations and said the deal needed to happen fast, prosecutors say.
    — Jacques Billeaud, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2018
  • Norton’s attorney has said in court records that Norton’s ex-wife, Kelly Norton, is the unindicted coconspirator.
    — Jacques Billeaud, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2018
  • Norton's attorney has said in court records that Norton's ex-wife, Kelly Norton, is the unindicted coconspirator.
    — Jacques Billeaud, azcentral, 31 May 2018
  • Defendants and their coconspirators received and maintained metrics reports on certain group pages and individualized posts.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Prosecutors said Loloee and other coconspirators were aware that many of the supermarket staff did not have the legal authority to work in the United States.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But the chances of the conviction being overturned are slim, and the decision to fight the charges against him to the bitter end—in contrast to Ellison and the other coconspirators—may continue to prove an unfruitful one.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The documentary made the case, again, that Aziz and Islam were innocent, asserted Bradley’s guilt, and named other coconspirators.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
  • And, apparently, then the question becomes, is the president an unindicted coconspirator, should, at least, the congress be looking at this and saying, gee, the president looks to have been named as having committed a felony?
    — Fox News, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Throughout the nineties each of the coconspirators was indicted, extradited to Oregon, and tried for her participation in the assassination plot.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The posters were delivered to Atomwaffen members electronically and the coconspirators printed and delivered or mailed the posters to journalists or activists the group was targeting.
    — Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Faiq’s co-coconspirator allegedly had an altercation with the victims’ son in a Miami nightclub in July 2024.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
  • The first lady also addressed an email that was released from the Epstein files, showing her correspondence via email with Epstein’s coconspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.
    — Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2026

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