unindicted coconspirator

noun

: a person who is named in an indictment as one who took part in a conspiracy to commit a crime but who is not charged in the indictment
The most famous, of course, is the Watergate grand jury's naming of President Richard Nixon as an unindicted co-conspirator in a conspiracy to cover up the Watergate burglary.— James B. Jacobs

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Clark was also listed as an unindicted coconspirator in the election fraud case against Trump in Washington, D.C. Newsweek sought email comment from the Trump campaign, Clark, and Cannon's office on Tuesday. — Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 Federal prosecutors at the time named Banks an unindicted coconspirator. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024

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1948, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unindicted coconspirator was in 1948

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“Unindicted coconspirator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unindicted%20coconspirator. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.

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