confederate
adjective
united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
confederates
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pluralof confederate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A perennial target of assassins, James survived the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and confederates hoped to blow up Parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
But Prospero is jolted into an awareness that Caliban and his confederates are plotting “a foul conspiracy” against his life, and he abruptly ends the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
It was mainly used to prevent former confederates from taking over state and federal government positions after the Civil War.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
The affidavit, which was sworn to on Aug. 5, also noted that the F.B.I. had “not yet identified all potential criminal confederates nor located all evidence related to its investigation.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
And loyal confederates, Hamlet and I never revealed that we were authors of this tragicomedy.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
