coconspirators
Partners in crime
Coconspirators are people who conspire together—partners in a plot or scheme.
The term appears most often in legal contexts, where a coconspirator is someone charged alongside others in a criminal conspiracy: The defendant's coconspirators testified against him.
Outside legal settings, it can describe anyone sharing in a secret plan, mischievous or otherwise.
Partners in crime
- partners in crimeCollaborators in wrongdoing
- colludersSecret agreement participants
- schemersCrafty plot makers
- plottersThose devising secret plans
confederates · abettors · accessories · masterminds · ringleaders · henchmen · underworld · heist
Joint venture participants
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- sidekicksLoyal supporting partners
- cohortsGroups of accomplices
pranksters · troublemakers · scheming · winking · inside jokes · surprise party · cover story · whispering
Political objectors
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- coup plottersThose conspiring to overthrow government
- subversivesThose undermining established systems
underground · resistance · operatives · cells · clandestine · sedition · treason · defectors
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- price-fixingCoordinated artificial cost-setting
- insider tradingIllegal securities transactions using nonpublic information
- bid-riggingIllegal auction coordination
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
fraud · kickbacks · whistleblower · antitrust · cartel · executives · board members · shell companies
accomplices
Partners in crime
- partners in crimeCollaborators in wrongdoing
- colludersSecret agreement participants
- schemersCrafty plot makers
plotters · confederates · abettors · accessories · masterminds · ringleaders · henchmen · underworld · heist · getaway
partners
Joint venture participants
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- sidekicksLoyal supporting partners
cohorts · pranksters · troublemakers · scheming · winking · inside jokes · surprise party · cover story · whispering · giggling
dissidents
Political objectors
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- coup plottersThose conspiring to overthrow government
subversives · underground · resistance · operatives · cells · clandestine · sedition · treason · defectors · regime change
collusion
Fraudulent secret cooperation
- price-fixingCoordinated artificial cost-setting
- insider tradingIllegal securities transactions using nonpublic information
- bid-riggingIllegal auction coordination
embezzlement · fraud · kickbacks · whistleblower · antitrust · cartel · executives · board members · shell companies · offshore accounts
coconspiratorsinformants
People providing secret intelligence
whistleblowers · betrayers · turncoats · traitors · snitches
coconspiratorsvictims
Those who suffer harm
innocent bystanders · investigators · detectives · law enforcement · prosecutors