Meaning of Quisling | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.
   derogatory
2. Alternative letter-case form of quisling.
   alt-of

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Examples

“In many countries, including some where the Jews were neither numerically strong nor in possession of important posts, these envoys of the German Secret Service have been able, solely by the use of anti-Jewish slogans, to create those "national" Fascist movements from which Quislings are bred.”

“If, in the nation about to be attacked, influential persons were discovered who could be bribed or corrupted, German agents made use of these quislings.”

“It is time to clear out the quislings and paid flunkies of city hall and big business.”

“The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.”

“He sees off an attack from humans, who have as servants certain quisling apes, former followers of Caesar’s traitorous ex-comrade Koba (a motion-capture performance from Toby Kebbell).”

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