noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several defendants answering the same charge.
2. 2
   a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

co defendantco-defendant

Etymology

From co- + defendant.

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