quisling

• Substantiv für eine Person, die mit feindlichen Besatzungstruppen zusammenarbeitet und deshalb als Verräter gilt.

A noun referring to a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, often considered a traitor.

1. Traitor or collaboratorC2formal

   A person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, often betraying their own country or group.

   Verräter oder Kollaborateur

   • During the war, he was branded a quisling for helping the invaders.
   • The government arrested the quisling who leaked secret information.
   • History remembers him as a quisling who betrayed his people.

   Synonymebetrayercollaboratorfifth columnistpuppetrenegadetraitorturncoat

   Antonymeloyalistpatriot