1.
[syn: collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together]
2. cooperate as a traitor;
- Example: "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
collaborate \col*lab"o*rate\, v. i.
1. to work together with another toward a common goal,
especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists
collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three
authors collaborated in writing the book.
[PJC]
2. to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy
nation occupying one's own country.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
collaborate
v 1: work together on a common enterprise of project; "The
soprano and the pianist did not get together very well";
"We joined forces with another research group" [syn:
collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together]
2: cooperate as a traitor; "he collaborated with the Nazis when
they occupied Paris"