Thesaurus results for CONSPIRATOR

conspirator

noun

Definition of conspirator

as in traitor

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 conspirator Federal prosecutors said that Jones is a co-conspirator in the new indictment involving Beasley and Davis and that his involvement is likely to be considered when he is sentenced. — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 1 July 2026 According to prosecutors, Edmond was directed by co-conspirators to make straw purchases of firearms from Georgia gun stores that were later transported and distributed to gang members in the Chicago area. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026 According to court records, between July 2024 and August 2025, the brothers and unnamed co-conspirators orchestrated an identity theft ring that defrauded SNAP programs in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and other states. — Joe Marusak july 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026 The indictment accused Owens of soliciting and accepting at least $115,000 in cash as well as facilitating more than $80,000 in payments to his alleged co-conspirators, including $50,000 for Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's reelection campaign. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for conspirator

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspirator

Noun

The king refused to look at it, and issued the Proclamation of Rebellion, declaring the colonists traitors and hiring 30,000 German mercenaries to help crush them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of traitor

Noun

Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Lesch plays the savior’s anguished betrayer not as an intellectual equal who fiercely debates him and loses all patience with the movement.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

Definition of betrayer

Noun

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
His coconspirator, Gary Cox, was previously convicted and sentenced to 15 years over his part in the scheme.

— Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026