How to Use conspirator in a Sentence

conspirator

noun
  • Caesar wasn’t able to speak to the conspirators who stabbed him in the back.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Feb. 2018
  • The co-conspirator has been charged but remains at large.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That co-conspirator has been charged but remains at large.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That co-conspirator has been charged but remains at large.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The conspirators placed a blanket on top of a space heater and set the blanket on fire.
    — Tony Rizzo, kansascity.com, 7 June 2017
  • He had been named as a co-conspirator in the Abraham case.
    — Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
  • There would be a high risk that a conspirator would tip off the feds and the spies would get arrested.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2020
  • He and his co-conspirator were arrested when the ruse fell apart.
    — Matthew Mosk, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Co-conspirator 1 has not been charged.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Hassan was charged along with one of her alleged co-conspirators.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • Both were supplied by Lesslie's co-conspirators, who were not named in court records.
    — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Court documents did not name the co-conspirators in the case.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • All goes to him, his family and their wealthy co-conspirators.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This will allow your co-worker to see you as an ally, or even a co-conspirator.
    — Alicia Montgomery, Quartz at Work, 8 July 2020
  • Perez’s co-conspirators were paid a fee for each border crossing.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • He was not named as an unindicted co-conspirator.
    — Faisal Kutty, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Strangers become co-conspirators in the art of fetch; compliments on a good sit-stay.
    — Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Gavin was my brother, my partner in crime (and food) and my comic conspirator.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2021
  • Some coup plotters and their co-conspirators are charged in a court and, if convicted, sent to prison.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some coup plotters and their co-conspirators are charged in a court and, if convicted, sent to prison.
    — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Again, conspirators will say that if Dassault is out, then Nvidia is out.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Five of his co-conspirators are now on trial in federal court.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • He was named in the papyrus as a chief conspirator along with Tiye and her followers.
    — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • The conspirators had to figure out which money orders were cancelled and which would go through.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • Their goal is to get the news media to negate that frame — and negate the conspirators who are propagating that frame.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Cheryl wasn’t a stage mom so much as a co-conspirator who indulged her daughter’s fondness for singing and acting.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
  • The hope was to inhabit the world the way Woody Allen did, as both conspirator and judge.
    — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Some names of Epstein’s co-conspirators are redacted; some names of his victims had not been.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • She was joined in the US three days later by her lover and co-conspirator, Nazir.
    — Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Braswell was name-checked in Mitchell’s testimony as a conspirator in the bribery scheme.
    — Wilborn Nobles, ajc, 4 May 2022

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