FIFTHCOLUMN

Fifth column

A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group, such as a nation or a besieged city, from within. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Forces gathered in secret can mobilize when coordination with an external attack requires and extend even to uniformed military operations as part of a coordinated campaign. They can be clandestine, involving acts of sabotage, disinformation, or espionage executed within defense lines by secret sympathizers with an external force.

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Fifth Column

Fifth Column, a Canadian all-women experimental post-punk band from Toronto, came about during the early 1980s.

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fifth column

Noun

  1. A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.


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