collaborationist
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- collaborationism noun
- noncollaborationist noun
Etymology
Origin of collaborationist
First recorded in 1920–25; collaboration + -ist
Example Sentences
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Even François Mitterrand, who became French president during the 1980s, had a collaborationist past.
From Salon
The government is deeply loathed among Palestinians, who view it as corrupt and collaborationist with Israel.
From Washington Times
The French resistance comprised underground organizations that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy regime, playing a key role in the liberation of the country.
From New York Times
Now, she said, “people are talking about who was a collaborationist, who worked for the enemy.”
From New York Times
Condemned to death after France’s liberation in 1945 for leading the collaborationist Vichy regime, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in the Citadel.
From New York Times
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