codefendant

[ koh-di-fen-duhnt ]

noun

1. a joint defendant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of codefendant¹

First recorded in 1630–40; co- + defendant

Example Sentences

Pellicano and his codefendant Arneson were convicted, among other things, of 17 counts of honest-services wire fraud.

From The Daily Beast

Codefendant and Certified Public Accountant Muhammad Khilji asserts a similar story of reckless spending.

From The Daily Beast

The indictment was brought under his original name, Daood Saleem Gilani, along with a codefendant James Leslie Lewis.

From The Daily Beast

Embitted, there was no warmth in Copeland for his older codefendant and jinx.

From Project Gutenberg

When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.

From Project Gutenberg