collaborationists

noun

plural of collaborationist
as in collaborators

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  1. informers
  2. informants
  3. accomplices
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 informers
Noun
  • Cseh, the archive's director, said successor governments to dictatorships rarely disclose the names of previous agents and informants, let alone records as detailed as those Hungary is preparing to release.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Of the plants, the informants identified eight that sick elephants appear to target for a specific therapeutic purpose, or what the study suggests is the strongest evidence of intentional self-medication.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of informants
Noun
  • Her accomplices, then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp and friend Shadolla Peterson, were previously sentenced to life and probation, respectively, in connection with the killing.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026
  • All a novelist can do when representing Bush Two’s accomplices is to embody plausible ideologies in specific fictional characters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of accomplices
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