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US
/ˈfɹætɝˌnaɪz/
]
VERB
- be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy
How To Use fraternize In A Sentence
- The skimmers floated, fraternized, and, best of all, skimmed, much to our delight.
- Army personnel are often forbidden to fraternize with the civilian population.
- Because they say I'd fraternized with the prisoners.
- At these conventions, executives fraternized with the key personnel of other banks.
- On Tuesday, the agency was dealt a fresh blow when an inspector general's report found that employees in the Lake Charles, La., office fraternized with oil-company workers, accepting sporting-event tickets, lunches, and other gifts from oil and natural-gas companies. Salazar to Cite 'Aggressive Action' on Drilling
- If Mandela could forgive and fraternise with the sobs who jailed him 27 years and destryed all that he held dear, if Mbeki could attend PW Botha's funeral, a man who presided over a state responsible for killing members of his family, Lord Tebbitt should have been able to make this effort. Norman Tebbit Refuses to Forgive Brighton Bomber
- One Jewish serviceman, for example, fraternized with the goal of discrediting Nazi racial theories. Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II
- At these conventions, executives fraternized with the key personnel of other banks.
- In the mad excitement, the reckless triumph of that moment, I was ready to "fraternize" with anybody who encouraged me in my game. After Dark
- The recession has created an atmosphere where disparate groups fraternise in an atmosphere of mutual support.