conspirator

noun
🔊/kənˈspɪrətə(r)/
🔊/kənˈspɪrətər/
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  1. a person who is involved in a conspiracy共谋者;搞阴谋的人 (= a secret plan to do something illegal)
    • political conspirators政治阴谋家
    • The emperor pardoned five of the conspirators.皇帝赦免了其中五个参与密谋的人。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French conspirateur, from Latin conspirator, from conspirat- ‘agreed, plotted’, from the verb conspirare, from con- ‘together with’ + spirare ‘breathe’.