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Meanings of fifth column in English
Portuguese
quinta coluna A subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst.
Usage of fifth column in English
1
The Serbs were evidently a fifth column and so were the Jews.
2
They see Turkey as the West's fifth column into the Islamic world.
3
The fifth column, consisting chiefly of native troops, was destined for a reserve.
4
A few hate David Cameron so much they form a Faragist fifth column.
5
There is a fifth column inside the regime that led the looting and violence.
6
May told BBC News: I think it is irresponsible to talk about a fifth column.
7
It's becoming very clear that The Irish Times is an organ of the fifth column.
8
In Egypt, they were started by a fifth column to sabotage the revolution, Makhlouf said.
9
We now have a fifth column in our midst!
10
Now it was easy for successive shahs to see Christianity as a fifth column for Rome.
11
The number of opponents put out by each player shall be set down in the fifth column.
12
The fifth column is used by the dump utility to decide when to back up the filesystem.
13
The fifth column to the North Coast:
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The fifth column it manages may be more dangerous than open aggression, Zurabishvili posted on her Facebook page.
15
Organized crime has even been described as a " fifth column," ready to aid the terrorist enemy.
16
Devious sabotage and fifth column infiltrators had undercut their defenses, and the first assaults had overrun forward positions.
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