fifth column

  • 21Fifth Column (V TV series) — In the science fiction TV series V , the Fifth Column was originally a holdover of the original Visitor republican type government that survived the Leader s coup and attempted to retake control. When this effort failed, the surviving members… …

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  • 22Fifth Column (band) — otheruses2|Fifth Column Fifth Column is an all women experimental post punk band from Toronto, which came about during the early 1980s. Originally the group had been known as Second Unit, but they took the name Fifth Column after a military… …

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  • 23fifth column — noun Etymology: name applied to rebel sympathizers in Madrid in 1936 when four rebel columns were advancing on the city Date: 1936 a group of secret sympathizers or supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage within defense lines… …

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  • 24fifth column — noun A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal. fifth columnism n. fifth columnist n …

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  • 25fifth column — Synonyms and related words: Judas like, Trojan horse, Trojan horse, betraying, collaborationist, collaborator, crypto, double crossing, fellow traveler, fifth columnist, fraternizer, quisling, quislingistic, saboteur, security risk, subversive,… …

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  • 26fifth column — noun (C) a group of people who work secretly during a war to help the enemies of the country they live in fifth columnist noun (C) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27fifth column — noun a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst • Syn: ↑Trojan horse • Hypernyms: ↑unit, ↑social unit • Member Meronyms: ↑fifth columnist, ↑saboteur …

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  • 28fifth column — people willing to cooperate with an aggressor against their own country, secret supporters of an enemy that engage in espionage or sabotage against their own country …

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  • 29Fifth Column — 20th century term. Infiltrators. Subversive or hostile people in one s midst. Originally during the Spanish Civil War, the group of Franco s Falangist sympathisers inside Madrid who were prepared to help the four columns of troops attacking… …

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  • 30fifth column —  Traitors …

    A concise dictionary of English slang