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subverter

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Definition of subverter

as in traitor

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Noun

Aside from his surprise heartthrob status, the British comedian has been vocal about feeling anxious as a traitor.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Abby became suspicious of Kuehl during a private conversation about possible traitors in the group.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of traitor

Noun

From Chioma’s issue, both editors were excited to talk about Christopher Kane’s Mulberry debut with his big sister—and longtime collaborator—Tammy Kane.

— Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Photographer Chris Mottalini, a frequent contributor to AD, found a shortcut in that journey, enlisting his son, Nino, as a collaborator on a project that has now spanned four years and two continents.

— Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of collaborator

Noun

Home of the subversive and the sublime, the maverick and the madman, the inspired and the inspiring, the sage and the clown, and, most important, the brave.

— Tom Selleck, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Kristen Stewart loves to be a little subversive with her fashion choices.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 23 June 2026

Definition of subversive

Noun

In front of their 100th straight sellout, the Utes took a while to get going and their misdirection offense didn't seem to be fooling any Houston defenders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The move has paid off, with the Dream drawing sellout crowds during the Finals.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of sellout

Noun

Between those movies, mostly offscreen, Vision and Ultron’s turncoat lackey Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) fell in love.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of turncoat

Noun

It is aided in its unceasing efforts to gain more power and undermine our institutions and rights by a Congress in which quislings claim a majority.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2026
But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.

— Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025

Definition of quisling

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The inferno that follows, as the betrayer’s dragon sets fire to both armies and then Tumbleton itself, will be rendered with both practical flames and CGI.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

Definition of betrayer

Noun

He was paid upward of $3 million over three years by the co-conspirators.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
According to the Miami Herald, federal prosecutors identified Alvarado as an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to embezzle money from Venezuela’s national oil company.

— Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

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