collaborator

1 someone who assists in a plot [syn: confederate, henchman, partner in crime]

2 someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force [syn: collaborationist, quisling]

3 an associate who works with others toward a common goal; "partners in crime" [syn: cooperator, partner, pardner]

English

Etymology

From collaborateur.

Noun

1. a person who collaborates

Translations

Collaborator may refer to:

• Collaborationism, working with an outside entity against his own society or faction.
• Collaborator (novel), alternate history novel by Murray Davies
• "The Collaborator", a second-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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