codefendant

A noun referring to a person who is jointly accused or sued together with one or more other defendants in a single legal action.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее лицо, которое совместно обвиняется или привлекается к суду вместе с одним или несколькими другими ответчиками в рамках одного судебного дела.

1. Co-defendant in a legal case C1 formal legal

   A person who is accused together with one or more other people in the same legal proceeding.

   • The codefendant was tried alongside the main suspect.
   • Both the codefendant and the primary defendant pleaded not guilty.
   • The lawyer argued that his client was not involved in the crime, unlike the codefendant.

   🇷🇺Сообвиняемый

   Synonyms: co-defendant

• codefendants plural form
• codefendants' possessive plural form
• codefendant's possessive singular form