as in betrayer
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
accused by her family of being a traitor when she sold their traditionally animal-friendly business to a competitor known to use animals for testing its products
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Recent Examples of traitor
Lack of support compounded 'traitor' narrative, Greene says Greene was one of the president's earliest and loudest supporters during his first term, and worked relentlessly on his reelection campaign in 2024, appearing with the president at multiple events.
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Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 May 2026
There’s Tom Steyer, the billionaire class traitor running as a tax-the-rich progressive.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Sounds to me like there’s an inside traitor.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
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Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 May 2026
There’s Tom Steyer, the billionaire class traitor running as a tax-the-rich progressive.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Sounds to me like there’s an inside traitor.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitor
Noun
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Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Lesch plays the savior’s anguished betrayer not as an intellectual equal who fiercely debates him and loses all patience with the movement.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Ryan, the snake-poker, is the instigator, one of those electrical kids who just makes things happen.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 June 2026
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The Athletic reported the snake was not actually venomous.—
Eva Flowe
June 18,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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“Traitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitor. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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