Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of codefendant English)
WordNet
n. a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action [syn: codefendant]
Usage examples of "co-defendant".
She gathers her robes, ready again to ascend, then thinks to ask if Molto plans to indict Hardcore and his co-defendant together.
Judge, the probationer here continued to associate with his original co-defendant, a Robert Kirk, of 209 East 105th Street, and I have evidence that Mr.
Although he's credited for helping Phiber Optik, in reality Phiber got more jail time for going to trial on Emmanuel's advice than his co-defendants who didn't have Emmanuel help them and pled instead.
Despite the fact that most everyone in prison snitched on their co-defendants at trial, there is no excuse for being a prison rat.
President Nixon denounced Manson even before he and his five co-defendants had been found guilty, and, predictably, Manson became a hero of the west-coast ‘underground’ network.