as in betrayer
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
accused by her family of being a traitor when she sold their traditionally animal-friendly business to a competitor known to use animals for testing its products
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In an effort to figure out who the traitor on his team is, Ethan Hunt needs the NOC list, which contains the identities of every American spy.
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Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
The Confederacy — traitors — were fighting to keep my ancestors enslaved.
—Hashim Coates, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
The aim is to find the traitors, with one player voted out each day.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Stephen Fry, Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed and singer Paloma Faith are just three of the 19 celebs entering the castle to sniff out the traitors from the faithfuls in the first celebrity season of the smash hit on the BBC.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
The Confederacy — traitors — were fighting to keep my ancestors enslaved.
—Hashim Coates, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
The aim is to find the traitors, with one player voted out each day.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Stephen Fry, Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed and singer Paloma Faith are just three of the 19 celebs entering the castle to sniff out the traitors from the faithfuls in the first celebrity season of the smash hit on the BBC.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitor
snake
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Potential signs of a snake bite include swelling, bruising, pain, drooling and weakness.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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However, contrary to popular belief, cobras aren’t the fastest strikers in the snake world.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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“Traitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitor. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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