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  1. fifth columns: Merriam-Webster
  2. fifth columns: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fifth columns: Vocabulary.com
  4. fifth columns: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. fifth columns: Wiktionary
  6. fifth columns: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fifth columns: Encyclopedia

(Note: See fifth_column as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fifth column)

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