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Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fifth column

 
 

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Fifth column

fifth 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 or national borders  • ~ism noun  • ~ist noun
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  ~ n a group of people who work secretly during a war to help the enemies of the country they live in - fifth columnist n ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  {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's fifth column./ ...
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