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Synonyms of betrayer
1
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
- the arrested drug dealer vowed that he would get his revenge on his betrayer
Synonyms for betrayer
- canary
- [slang],
- deep throat,
- fink,
- informant,
- informer,
- nark
- [British],
- rat,
- rat fink,
- snitch,
- snitcher,
- squealer,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- talebearer,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- telltale,
- whistle-blower
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2
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
- the betrayer of Anne Frank's family in Amsterdam has never been identified for certain
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