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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The case against Rocha Moya and his alleged confederates sent shock waves through the country’s political and law enforcement establishments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Indeed, Magliocca testified it was understood the goal of the provision was to keep a wide range of former confederates out of public office in the years after the war.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 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
