quisling

Example Sentences

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An occupying Japanese army swept into Northeastern China and, under the quisling emperor Pu Yi, established the puppet state of Manchukuo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

His name gave us the English word "quisling": it means a lackey, a traitor, a bootlicker.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2021

“They’ve called me a quisling, a turncoat, a sellout, a coward, a wimp and a traitor,” he wrote on Facebook at the time.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2017

We quickly see that Travis is a quisling, the guy the officers send out to calm down those less comfortable with occupation and imprisonment.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2015

I am guilty about having so few of these: I know I am unorthodox, hopelessly heterosexual, a mother, quisling and secret wimp.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood