Meanings
present singular third person quisles · participle present quisling · participle past quisled · past quisled
- rareTo collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.First known use especially in the 1940s
He is surrounded by a potential American Quisling (Mr. DENNIS ARUNDELL) who grizzles and Quisles noisily, an unhappy secretary (Mr. BRUNO BARNABE), and an even more unhappy wife (Miss MARGARETTA SCOTT).
1940, Punch, page 181Synonyms: forswear, sell out, assfuck, betray, burn, cop out, cross out, cross up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.
Origin
Back-formation from quisling.
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