quisling

🇬🇧 UK/'kwizliŋ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

卖国贼,内奸,通敌者

🧩 Root Breakdown

Eponym
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Common Collocations

  • 1.branded a quisling被扣上卖国贼的帽子
  • 2.notorious quisling臭名昭著的内奸
  • 3.[wartime quisling]战时通敌者
  • 4.call someone a quisling称某人为卖国贼

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The general was branded a quisling after secretly aiding the invading forces.

  • 2.

    History remembers Vidkun Quisling as the ultimate quisling who betrayed Norway.

  • 3.

    The resistance movement executed several quislings who had informed on their neighbors.

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