fifth column
11fifth column — an inside group of supporters of an outside force, possibly traitors; the fifth column Our children prevented our divorce. They knew who was causing our breakup they were like a fifth column! definition provided by Claudia Crowley …
12fifth column — traitors within your ranks General Mola, investing Madrid in 1936 with four columns of soldiers, foolishly boasted that he already had a fifth column in the city, meaning covert supporters of the insurgents, of whom many fewer remained when …
13fifth column — /fɪfθ ˈkɒləm/ (say fifth koluhm) noun 1. a body of persons residing in a country who are in sympathy with its enemies, and who are serving enemy interests or are ready to assist an enemy attack. 2. (originally) Franco sympathisers in Madrid… …
14fifth column — noun a group within a country at war who are working for its enemies. Derivatives fifth columnist noun Origin 1930s: from the Spanish Civil War, when General Mola, leading four columns of troops towards Madrid, declared that he had a fifth column …
15fifth column — {n. phr.} A group or organization within a country that works to bring about the country s downfall, usually through acts of espionage and sabotage. * /The Communist party in the United States was considered by Senator McCarthy to be the Soviet… …
16fifth column — {n. phr.} A group or organization within a country that works to bring about the country s downfall, usually through acts of espionage and sabotage. * /The Communist party in the United States was considered by Senator McCarthy to be the Soviet… …
17fifth column — Enemy sympathizers working within their own country; the term comes from the Spanish Civil War when General Emilio Mola boasted that he had four columns of soldiers marching on Madrid and a fifth column of sympathizers waiting in the city …
18fifth column — Meaning Infiltrators or collaborators with the enemy. Origin During the Spanish Civil War General Mola said that his four columns of soldiers would require the help of a fifth column of sympathisers to succeed in the siege of Madrid …
19fifth\ column — n. phr. A group or organization within a country that works to bring about the country s downfall, usually through acts of espionage and sabotage. The Communist party in the United States was considered by Senator McCarthy to be the Soviet Union… …
20Fifth Column (disambiguation) — Fifth Column may refer to: *Fifth column, a group of people who clandestinely undermine a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal *Fifth Column (band), an all women experimental punk band from Toronto, Canada *Fifth Column (V TV series) …
