English to Afrikaans Meaning of quisling - quisling

Quisling :

quisling

noun

boef, draaier, bedrog, Bedrieër, verraaier

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Definitions of quisling in English

Noun(1) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

Examples of quisling in English

(1) They think of him as a quisling , a nuisance and a dangerous acquaintance.(2) They combined military threats and punishing sanctions to destabilise Yugoslavia with the creation of a quisling pro-Western opposition movement they have funded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.(3) If things were going really badly, and we had a quisling Government in this country - what would he have done?(4) As far as I am concerned, he is a pinko, quisling traitor.(5) This won't be a quisling government making these choices.(6) The aim of the conference was to begin consolidating a quisling regime to install after the invasion.(7) Those entrenched enough to deride as fools or quislings anyone who questions war may also be more prone to edit events to fit their version.(8) By which we ought to mean, the country will be in the hands of a puppet government, a government of quislings and collaborators, a government of pullovers and pushovers.(9) He's undermined our ability to stand up - we'll just be seen as potential traitors and quislings .(10) During the 1976-83 period, operations included the assassination of police informers and perceived quislings , bank robberies and attacks on the security forces and police stations.(11) But so far the guerilla resistance has eschewed such random violence that hit civilians and instead has concentrated its attacks on U.S. troops and those it considers quislings .(12) Unlike Vietnam, we are backing strong, independent leaders, rather than quislings and puppets whose power base rests with our military forces and economic support.(13) He taught me about the Battle of the Boyne and Cromwell's massacres, about quislings and Black-and-Tans.(14) His government was replaced by one of quislings .(15) Most quislings come from the chattering classes, from academics and intellectuals.(16) Then, as now, the occupiers say they were invited to stay by the very quislings they installed.

Related Phrases of quisling

(1) quisle ::

quisle

Related Phrases of quisling

(1) quisle ::

quisle

Synonyms

Noun

1. collaborator ::

medewerker

4. traitor ::

verraaier

5. turncoat ::

loper

7. double-crosser ::

dubbel-Crosser

9. Judas ::

Judas

10. snake in the grass ::

slang in die gras

11. fifth columnist ::

vyfde rubriekskrywer

Different Forms

quisling, quislings

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