subverter

noun

Definition of subverternext
as in traitor

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  1. traitor
  2. collaborator
  3. subversive
  4. sellout
  5. turncoat
  6. quisling
  7. betrayer
  8. conspirator
Noun
  • Vucic, his pro-government media and officials have branded students as traitors and foreign mercenaries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Aside from his surprise heartthrob status, the British comedian has been vocal about feeling anxious as a traitor.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Indelman, a veteran collaborator with New York restaurateurs like Andrew Tarlow and Gabe Stulman, was tasked with giving the space a utilitarian, high-tech ambience.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 10 Nov. 2026
  • At 26, Soldier has earned the distinct honor of being the youngest Hublot collaborator ever.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 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
  • Their resume boasts multiplatinum Number One hits, instant sellout tours, and household-name status.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The league also held its semifinal games before another sellout crowd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 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
Noun
  • 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
  • An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • And to unload those, Harry has a close pal and longtime co-conspirator, the wily, wisecracking pawnshop owner Ben (Steve Buscemi).
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of conspirator
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