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quisling

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quis=ling

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quisling, n.
1 a person cooperating with an occupying enemy; a collaborator or fifth-columnist.
2 a traitor.

Derivative
quislingite adj. & n.
Etymology
V. Quisling, renegade Norwegian Army officer d. 1945

THESAURUS

quisling

Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Judas-like, Quisling, Trojan-horse, apostate, archtraitor, backslider, betrayer, betraying, bolter, cockatrice, collaborationist, collaborator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convert, convict, criminal, crook, deceiver, defector, deserter, desperado, desperate criminal, double agent, double-crosser, double-crossing, double-dealer, felon, fifth columnist, fifth-column, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, informer, intrigant, intriguer, jailbird, lawbreaker, machinator, mobster, mugwump, outlaw, plotter, proselyte, public enemy, quislingistic, racketeer, rat, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schemer, schismatic, scofflaw, seceder, secessionist, separatist, serpent, snake, strikebreaker, swindler, tergiversant, tergiversator, thief, thug, timeserver, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonist, treasonous, trimmer, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, two-timer, two-timing

ROGET THESAURUS

quisling

Disobedience

N disobedience, insubordination, contumacy, infraction, infringement, violation, noncompliance, nonobservance, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute, riot, tumult, strike, barring out, defiance, mutinousness, mutineering, sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason, premunire, lese majeste, violation of law, defection, secession, insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur, seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue, Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, ringleader, disobedient, uncomplying, uncompliant, unsubmissive, unruly, ungovernable, breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible, restiff, restive, refractory, contumacious, recusant, recalcitrant, resisting, lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous, unobeyed, unbidden, seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, unthread the rude eye of rebellion.


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