collaborate
verb [I] (SUPPORT AN ENEMY) /kəˈlæb.ə.reɪt/ disapprovingDefinition
› to work with an enemy who has taken control of your own country: Anyone who was suspected of collaborating with the occupying forces was arrested.Disloyalty, betrayal and treason
(Definition of collaborate verb (SUPPORT AN ENEMY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- backstabber noun
- betrayal noun
- break ranks idiom
- collaboration noun (HELPING AN ENEMY)
- collaborationist adjective
- deserter noun
- desertion noun
- faithless adjective (NOT LOYAL)
- false adjective (NOT LOYAL)
- fifth column noun
- high treason noun
- infidelity noun
- sell sb down the river idiom
- sellout noun (BROKEN PROMISE)
- stab sb in the back idiom
- traitor noun
- treachery noun
- treasonable adjective
- un-American adjective
- unfaithful adjective
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