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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His brother Jun-ho is still searching for the island and is unaware there’s a traitor in his group.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Young-il’s brother is still searching for the island — but a traitor on the boat is preventing the detective from reaching the game site.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Meanwhile, Jun-ho continues his search for the island on which the Squid Games are taking place - but there's a traitor amongst his team.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Farmers who build fences might be viewed as traitors, siding with outsiders who have no understanding of country ways.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Young-il’s brother is still searching for the island — but a traitor on the boat is preventing the detective from reaching the game site.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Meanwhile, Jun-ho continues his search for the island on which the Squid Games are taking place - but there's a traitor amongst his team.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Farmers who build fences might be viewed as traitors, siding with outsiders who have no understanding of country ways.
—Jonathan C. Slaght, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitor
snake
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Made up of a series of hollow, interlocking keratin segments, the rattle is unique to the Crotalus genus; plenty of snakes shake their tails in warning, but only rattlesnakes rattle while doing so.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Aug. 2025
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Forget about repellants, sonic devices, or snake fencing.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Traitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitor. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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