“It follows that awareness that one of D's confederates might commit murder is sufficient to convict D as an accomplice, with a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.”

“Hours after the elections, the employers confederation demanded more liberalisation, privatisation and deregulation of the economy, as well as wage controls and cuts in public spending.”

“The European Union can be seen as a confederation of member states, each with their own sovereignty and political representation.”

“How could a company go from the seventh largest in America to a loose confederation of parcels at the bankruptcy fire sale in a matter of months?”

“In January, 2014, the Democratic Union Party promulgated a charter based on Öcalan's concept of democratic confederalism.”

“Following Öcalan, its cadres adopted democratic confederalism and implemented it in Syria.”

“There were various forms of self-determination, including secession, full integration, autonomy and confederalism.”

“Italy has had three politically diverse and competing union confederations since the onset of the cold war.”

“The actions were called by all seven of the main trade union confederations and all the parties of the left, including the Socialist Party.”

“Everyone knows that the future lies in international cooperation, in federations or confederations of states.”

“As an example, I was given a drug dealer who spoke to his confederates about consignments of marmalade.”

“We would not have lost as much ships if we had sent the entire fleet, and we would have destroyed the confederates for good!”

“His first move was to return to England and there gather confederates to assist him in the scheme.”