fraternize

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It was pretty laid back, you could talk, fraternize at will between sessions.

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be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

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verb

be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

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Core meanings and parts of speech for fraternize.

verb

be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

Example sentences

It was pretty laid back, you could talk, fraternize at will between sessions.

If you were to reach out or fraternize with someone like James Damore, you will likely be cast out.

If it’s a company rule not to fraternize, punishment should go both ways.

You can be a good cultural fit for a job even if you don't fraternize outside of work hours.

That prevented police to fraternize with the local people.

If you choose to be offended by a word that young men in North America men use to fraternize, it's your problem.

The likelihood of me getting an invite is next to nil, as I don't really fraternize with people around here.

Half the reason people go to college is to pick up social skills and fraternize/network with other young, talented individuals.

The janitors, re-stockers of cafes, and maintenance people, etc. They wear special uniforms, and are trained not to fraternize with the "real" Googlers.

Probably in addition to the honest ingredients the sunflower oil has been known to fraternize with the palm and coconut oil

The reasons you list are often cited reasons why managers or people in authority should not "fraternize" with subordinates.

Synonyms: associate, mix, fraternize, socialize, keep company, spend time, go around, mingle, consort, network, rub shoulders, rub elbows;

That makes more sense but I do question the colleagues list, since a lot of people carefully sort which coworkers they fraternize with and prefer multiple lists, especially at large companies.

If there was evidence he continued to fraternize with skinheads even after that trial, especially recently, then by all means it's reasonable to be skeptical, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Given his position as CEO, there aren't any employees he could "fraternize" with, if "fraternizing" implies no hierarchical reporting relationship.

Sure, but the kind of Chinese people westerners tend to fraternize with are exactly those that would adopt various western values or want some regime change, but that doesn't mean they represent anywhere near a majority -- it's a selection bias.