quislingize

Etymology

From quisling + -ize.

Why this word is great

QUISLINGIZE — [Verb] To corrupt by inducing a significant number of members to collaborate with an enemy occupying force, or to engage in such collaboration oneself. From the name Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), a Norwegian military officer who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II, combined with the suffix -ize ("to make or become"). Unlike "collaborate" (a neutral act of cooperation) or "betray" (a personal breach of trust), to quislingize is to systematically dismantle a nation’s resistance from within. It is the hollow-eyed bureaucrat signing deportation orders, the neighbor whispering names to the secret police, the once-proud regiment now drilling in an invader’s uniform—the slow, shameful erosion of a nation’s spine. A nation can survive invasion; it is harder to survive those who quislingize its soul.

verb

To corrupt by getting a significant number of members to collaborate with an enemy occupying force.“Norway was the scene of the original Quisling experiment and because of Norway's highly perfected state form it seemed a simple matter to quislingize the Norwegian educational system.”
To collaborate with an enemy occupying force.“At most a few dozen individuals, mostly with a prewar Fascist history, have quislingized”