CODEFENDANT
Dictionary entry overview: What does codefendant mean? • CODEFENDANT (noun)
The noun CODEFENDANT has 1 sense:
1. a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
Familiarity information: CODEFENDANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CODEFENDANT (noun)
Meaning:
A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
co-defendant; codefendant
Hypernyms ("codefendant" is a kind of...):
defendant; suspect (a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "codefendant"):
co-respondent; corespondent (the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding)
respondent (the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent)
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