as in traitors
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
the company seems to have one or two double-dealers who are selling information to competitors
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traitors
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The play will tell a story inspired by the program’s format, in which a group of faithfuls try to root out the traitors, and will be staged at an unnamed London venue.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Proceed with caution, faithful readers… The die is cast — the traitors and faithfuls have been chosen, and their clothes are doing the slaying (all puns intended).—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Double-dealers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-dealers. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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