Quislingize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To corrupt by getting a significant number of members to collaborate with an enemy occupying force. dated

    "Norway was the scene of the original Quisling experiment and because of Norway's highly perfected state form it seemed a simple matter to quislingize the Norwegian educational system."

  2. 2
    To collaborate with an enemy occupying force. dated

    "At most a few dozen individuals, mostly with a prewar Fascist history, have quislingized"

Example

More examples

"Norway was the scene of the original Quisling experiment and because of Norway's highly perfected state form it seemed a simple matter to quislingize the Norwegian educational system."

Etymology

From quisling + -ize.

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