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Conspirator definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSPIRATOR, n.
1. One who conspires; one who engages in a plot to commit a crime, particularly treason.
2. In law, one who agrees with another falsely and maliciously to indict an innocent person of felony. By the British statute, a conspirator is defined to be one who binds himself by oath, covenant, or other alliance, to assist another falsely and maliciously to indict a person, or falsely to maintain pleas.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of a conspiracy [syn: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century one who conspires ; plotter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who takes part in a conspiracy. Derivatives: conspiratorial adj. conspiratorially adv. Etymology: ME f. AF conspiratour, OF -teur (as conspire)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conspirator Con*spir"a*tor, n. One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. --2 Sam. xv. 31.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(conspirators) A conspirator is a person who joins a conspiracy. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Machiavellian, Quisling, abettor, accessory, accomplice, archtraitor, betrayer, cockatrice, coconspirator, conniver, conspirer, counterplotter, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, exploiter, finagler, informer, intrigant, intriguer, machinator, maneuverer, operator, opportunist, plotter, quisling, rat, schemer, serpent, snake, timeserver, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, wire-puller