fifth column

A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, column.

日本語の意味

忠誠が求められる国家や組織の内部で、秘密裏に破壊活動や敵対行為を行う集団（内通工作員や裏切り勢力）を指す。

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The leaders feared a fifth column within the city that quietly sabotaged relief efforts during the crisis.

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指導者たちは、都市内に潜む内通者の集団が危機の際に救援活動を密かに妨害するのではないかと恐れていた。

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意味（1）

Lloyd George's belief in a revolutionary fifth column [the term hadn't been coined then] driving the strike was replicated on Fleet Street. On October 1 [1919] The Times thundered: "The attempt of the strike leaders to subvert Constitutional government in this country and to starve the nation into acquiescence in their revolutionary designs will be defeated, as other onslaughts have been defeated, by the firmness of the people in defence of its liberties."

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意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, column.

fifth columns

（ plural ）

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