CONFEDERATE

confederate

Noun

  1. a member of a confederacy
  2. an accomplice in a plot
  3. An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a 'stooge').

Verb

  1. To combine into a confederacy.

Adjective

  1. of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  2. banded together; allied.


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