collaborationist

noun

Definition of collaborationistnext
as in collaborator

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  1. collaborator
  2. informer
  3. informant
  4. accomplice
Noun
  • Frequent McDowell collaborator Lindsay Anderson was set to direct, who passed away before production began.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Nobody enjoys the friend who confirms twice and cancels an hour out, or the collaborator who vanishes mid-project.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborator
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informer
Noun
  • In the morning, Nora stops by with information about confidential informants in the Candlelight Lounge case.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • In other words, the governor of the strategically important border state of Baja California was just caught on tape offering to become an FBI informant.
    — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of informant
Noun
  • She was convicted the following year of being an accomplice to first-degree murder and has been serving life without parole ever since.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
  • The consignor was later identified as an accomplice in a separate auction fraud case in Hebei province.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of accomplice
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