Meaning & use
Fraternizing
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Associating or mingling in a friendly way, especially with people in a group one is officially opposed to or forbidden to mix with.
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The soldiers were disciplined for fraternizing with enemy troops during the ceasefire.
Employees are discouraged from fraternizing with clients outside of business hours.
A note on using this word
"Fraternizing" derives from the Latin "frater," meaning "brother," and originally implied treating someone as a brother rather than an enemy.
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