codefendant

Noun
Synonyms: co-defendant

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Noun (1)

  1. a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single actionSynonyms: co-defendantType of defendant, suspectKinds corespondent, respondent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Co′de·fend′ant noun

A joint defendant. Blackstone, Sir William

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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