as in betrayers
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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Recent Examples of traitors
The president considers any Republicans who criticize him to be traitors and RINOs or Republicans in name only.
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Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
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
These mercenary-force ICE clowns are traitors to the country and the Constitution.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
On Thursday night, it will be determined whether the traitors or the faithfuls will win a £100,000 prize for charity.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
The competition show takes place in Scotland and has cast members divided into two groups, traitors and faithfuls, and the faithfuls try to vote off the traitors to win a cash prize.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The high-concept social experiment show, in which a group of strangers work together to uncover the traitors, sorry, werewolves, amongst them, was a breakout hit on Canal+ in France and has already been adapted for ARD’s online service in Germany.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
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
These mercenary-force ICE clowns are traitors to the country and the Constitution.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
The J6ers were not insurrectionists, traitors, and miscreants but patriots, heroes, and innocents.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
On Thursday night, it will be determined whether the traitors or the faithfuls will win a £100,000 prize for charity.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
The competition show takes place in Scotland and has cast members divided into two groups, traitors and faithfuls, and the faithfuls try to vote off the traitors to win a cash prize.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The high-concept social experiment show, in which a group of strangers work together to uncover the traitors, sorry, werewolves, amongst them, was a breakout hit on Canal+ in France and has already been adapted for ARD’s online service in Germany.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitors
Noun
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Dark-orange lines, like heavy serpents, stripe the sands, gray rivers stripe the sands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Were a lot of serpents biting people in those days.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There are no snakes, no venomous spiders, no large predators like wild cats or monkeys, and no scorpions.—
James Barrett,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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In videos shared on social media, handlers could be seen removing two snakes from Nwangene's home and a bystander was heard identifying one as a cobra.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Traitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitors. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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