as in traitors
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
warned that all quislings would be punished without mercy
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Recent Examples of quislings
It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quislings
traitors
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When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Quislings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quislings. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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