conspirator
[kuh n-spir-uh-ter]
- a person who takes part in a conspiracy; plotter.
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Origin of conspirator
Synonyms
See more synonyms for conspirator on Thesaurus.comtraitor, schemer, conniver.
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Examples from the Web for conspirator
Contemporary Examples
Why must she be labeled a liar, or a conspirator, the one to answer for the terrible tragedy in Libya?
Manson was convicted on the basis of his influence and as a conspirator.
“Like it or not, only consumerism can hold a modern society together,” says one conspirator.
Must Read Novels: Ballard, Dybek, and KrasznahorkaiJacob Silverman, Malcolm Forbes, John McIntyre
April 23, 2012
The script for The Conspirator was written 18 years ago and languished without a home.
Conspirator: Lenin in Exile could have been the beginning of a great tragedy, says Chamberlain, if his cause had been a noble one.
Historical Examples
Murmur is regarded as mutiny, and he who complains is shot as a conspirator.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, CompleteLewis Goldsmith
They were quite alone in as lonely a spot as any conspirator could desire.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
An English conspirator is the most harmless of all creatures.
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's FollyCharles James Lever
This might have been the language of an able conspirator conciliating a weak spirit.
Soldiers Three, Part II.Rudyard Kipling
I felt like a conspirator stealing out of the house this morning.
Word Origin and History for conspirator
n.
c.1400, conspyratour, from Old French conspirateur, from Latin conspiratorem (nominative conspiratorio), noun of action from conspirat-, past participle stem of conspirare (see conspire). Fem. form conspiratress is from mid-18c. Related: Conspiratorial; conspiratorially; conspiratory.
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