as in traitor
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
she heatedly called her best friend a Judas after she found out her secrets had been spread all over town
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Noun
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As a result, he was tried in absentia, declared a traitor and subjected to the state’s harshest penalties.—
Kimberly Nath,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026 -
Linking their destinities is a man—presumably the traitor’s son of the title—with the extra wrinkle that Elegy is fated to fall in love with him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Judas, the betrayer of Jesus Christ, was believed to be the 13th Apostle to join the table at the Last Supper.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.—
Ryan Cooper,
Washington Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Judas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Judas. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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