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collaborationist

noun

Definition of collaborationistnext
as in collaborator

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  1. collaborator
  2. informer
  3. informant
  4. accomplice
Noun
  • Among those present is Kate Siegel, Flanagan’s wife and longtime collaborator from their days on Hush (2016) and Oculus (2013).
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In 2025, Begelman and his collaborator Jason Dexter applied the quasi-star model to the little red dots.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 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
  • Diiorio tried to pay a confidential informant to kill her ex-boyfriend, a Philadelphia police officer, and his then 19-year-old daughter, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey first reported in April 2025.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Among the cooperating witnesses expected to testify is Joseph Vincent, a former Drug Enforcement Administration informant who did not testify in the first trial.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of informant
Noun
  • As Collin presents the French side of the Occupation, the Parisians are either victims, black-market opportunists, or accomplices of one sort or another.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Investigators allege Awais and his accomplices used their control of the associations to siphon money from accounts.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplice
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“Collaborationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborationist. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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