quisle

English

Etymology

Back-formation from quisling.

Verb

quisle (third-person singular simple present quisles, present participle quisling, simple past and past participle quisled)

  1. (rare) To collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling. [especially in the 1940s]
    • 1940, Punch, page 181:
      He is surrounded by a potential American Quisling (Mr. DENNIS ARUNDELL) who grizzles and Quisles noisily, an unhappy secretary (Mr. BRUNO BARNABE), and an even more unhappy wife (Miss MARGARETTA SCOTT).
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