Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of several parties plaintiff in the same action.

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Examples

  • I just hope the poor girl has support from the women's cisis center and a good attorney for filing as coplaintiff and for standing up for her against whatever trash the accused and his lawyer might come up with, hey!

    police beating of 15-year-old girl in jail cell "may inflame public opinion" 2009

  • Thanks are also given to Simon & Schuster’s corporate management, Jack Romanos and Carolyn Reidy, for their courageous decision to allow Simon & Schuster to be a coplaintiff in my suit against the CIA.

    Fair Game Valerie Plame Wilson 2007

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