collaborator

Examples

• All

• Pfefferberg glances up from his work and studies the blackmailing collaborator for a long moment.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Today, it was discovered by the soldiers very early on; perhaps they were tipped off by a collaborator.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Thus far, he remains tight-lipped about the identity of the mystery collaborator, offering only the following via his Twitter:

  Blog text (4)

• Iraq, today, harbors a deadly terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator...

  Vice (2018)

• The enemy is clearly Osama bin Laden and his Islamist sympathizers and collaborators, as well as terror-supporting states.

  Academic text (2002)

• Armstrong didn't just take drugs; he was the enforcer of a small mafia within professional cycling that moved ruthlessly against anyone who threatened to expose him or his collaborators.

  Blog text (13)

• The soldiers found evidence that he had acted as a collaborator for the enemy during the occupation.

• Many feared being labeled a collaborator for speaking out against the oppressive regime.

• In the investigation, she was identified as a key collaborator in the smuggling operation.

Synonyms

A

accomplice

vscollaborator

172 6.7

Person who helps another person commit a crime

is broader, covering secret or questionable help that may not join the crime

A

accessory

vscollaborator

• Specialized

59 7.7

A person who helps someone commit a crime without taking part directly

is broader, including secret support that may or may not avoid the main act

C

conspirator

vscollaborator

36 6.2

A person who secretly plans with others to do something illegal or harmful

is closer to general secret assistance rather than only planning illegal actions

I

in cahoots

vscollaborator

• Informal

17 7.6

Secretly working together to do something dishonest

is the person sense, covering someone helping rather than the act of working secretly

C

coconspirator

vscollaborator

• Jargon

7 7.3

A person who helps plan something illegal with others

is broader, covering secret help that may not be part of a plan

C

confederate

vscollaborator

7 7.6

A person who works with others, often secretly, to help do something illegal

is the general helper role that can include noncriminal secret cooperation

C

cooperator

vscollaborator

4 3.5

A person who works with others to do something for a shared purpose

is narrower in secrecy and wrongdoing, focusing more on secret or questionable help

A

aider

vscollaborator

• Formal

1 9.3

A person who helps another person commit a crime, for example by giving a getaway car

is broader meaning secret or questionable aid not limited to crime

F

fifth columnist

vscollaborator

1 9.9

A person who secretly helps an enemy inside their country

is similar but is more general, not limited to enemy support within countries

C

conniver

vscollaborator

• Formal

1 8.4

A person who secretly plans and helps with illegal actions

is more general, meaning secret help possibly without clear planning involvement

C

collaborationist

vscollaborator

1 9.9

A person who helps an enemy that occupies their country during war

is broader, covering secret or questionable help beyond wartime enemy cooperation

C

colluder

vscollaborator

8.5

A person who secretly helps others do something illegal

is broader, meaning secret help that may be questionable rather than always illegal

A

accessary

vscollaborator

• Archaic

9.4

A person who helps someone avoid arrest after they commit a crime

is similar but can cover secret help that also might be present during acts

How Complicit

conspirator

36 6.2

collaborator

• Offensive

3 5.6

accomplice

172 6.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology