Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that collaborates with an enemy occupation force.
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- noun someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
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- noun One who
collaborates , acollaborator .
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- noun someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
Etymologies
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Examples
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A few months ago, Chomsky had harshly criticized "collaborationist" Fatah Security Forces for doing the Israeli occupation's dirty work of suppressing resistance to the occupation.
Omar Baddar: Missing the Nuance: Abunimah's Criticism of Noam Chomsky 2010
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All this is occurring against the backdrop of an upsurge in the popularity of Islam, including its more militant forms that reject the "collaborationist" politics of pro-U.S. regimes like those of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Michael T. Klare: Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For 2009
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A Wosa spokesman in Cape Town said the organisation welcomed individuals who criticised "collaborationist" politics.
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In brief, he senses that it is somehow inhumane to condemn all the so-called "collaborationist" regimes of Festung Europa indiscriminantly as morally reprehensible.
Genocide in Hungary: An Exchange Belton, Albert B. 1982
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All this is occurring against the backdrop of an upsurge in the popularity of Islam, including its more militant forms that reject the "collaborationist" politics of pro-U. S. regimes like those of Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
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'collaborationist' aristocrats, lynched, raped, looted, burned --- as if those same proles had not groveled befbre the kzinti and kept war production going for theml Lunatic political factions rioted against each other or did actual armed combat.
Inconstant Star Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1991
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She supported both fascist dictator of Spain Francisco Franco and the Nazi-backed Vichy government of France, comparing collaborationist traitor Marshal Pétain to George Washington.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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She supported both fascist dictator of Spain Francisco Franco and the Nazi-backed Vichy government of France, comparing collaborationist traitor Marshal Pétain to George Washington.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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Vichy was the home of the collaborationist French government during the Nazi occupation of the country.
Norman Tebbit says PM risks 'Vichy-style' surrender over EU budget Nicholas Watt 2010
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She supported both fascist dictator of Spain Francisco Franco and the Nazi-backed Vichy government of France, comparing collaborationist traitor Marshal Pétain to George Washington.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
whichbe commented on the word collaborationist
The definition of this word is rather counter-intuitive to me.
August 29, 2008