collaborationist

collaborationist
noun
someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
• Syn: ↑collaborator, ↑quisling
• Derivationally related forms: ↑collaboration, ↑collaborationism, ↑collaborate (for: ↑collaborator)
• Hypernyms: ↑traitor, ↑treasonist

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I. \\-_nə̇st\ noun (-s)
Etymology: collaboration + -ist
: one that advocates or practices collaboration with an enemy (as an invader or part of an occupying force) or with some other group opposed or antagonistic to his own

punishment for collaborationists after the liberation

II. adjective
: of or relating to a collaborationist

the collaborationist tricks by which the success of the occupation was assured — Ann F. Wolfe

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/keuh lab'euh ray"sheuh nist/, n.
a person who collaborates with an enemy; collaborator.
[1920-25; COLLABORATION + -IST]

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collaborāˈtionist noun
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Main Entry: ↑collaborate

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