quisling
noun
[ ˈkwɪzlɪŋ ]
• a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country.
• "he had the Quisling owner of the factory arrested"
Similar:
collaborator,
fraternizer,
colluder,
sympathizer,
traitor,
turncoat,
betrayer,
informer,
back-stabber,
double-crosser,
double-dealer,
renegade,
defector,
deserter,
apostate,
Judas,
snake in the grass,
fifth columnist,
two-timer,
dog,
Origin:
Second World War: from the name of Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), the Norwegian army officer and diplomat who ruled Norway on behalf of the German occupying forces (1940–45).
