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
Keep your actual and suspected traitors closer – the non-loyal, uncommitted, secretive, suspicious, dishonest, deceitful, chronically negative, and regularly undermining.
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Peter D. Banko,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Both groups were accused of being spies, traitors and collaborators, according to the report.
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Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
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Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Military culture is fiercely self-protective, and soldiers who criticize it are usually treated as traitors.
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Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Having been labeled traitors in Iran and following reports that some of their families had been threatened, the players then sang before their other two matches.
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Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
Faithfuls also have chances to banish traitors by voting them out of the castle during a nightly event called the roundtable.
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Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
Peter D. Banko,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Both groups were accused of being spies, traitors and collaborators, according to the report.
—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.
—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.
—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Military culture is fiercely self-protective, and soldiers who criticize it are usually treated as traitors.
—
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
Having been labeled traitors in Iran and following reports that some of their families had been threatened, the players then sang before their other two matches.
—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
Faithfuls also have chances to banish traitors by voting them out of the castle during a nightly event called the roundtable.
—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitors
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Those serpents include six rattlesnake species and non-rattlers, such as the Copperhead, Water Moccasin (or Cottonmouth) and Eastern Coral snakes.
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Laocoön and His Sons, an exquisite marble sculpture of the legendary Trojan priest writhing in agony as he’s attacked by sea-serpents, was first unearthed in the early sixteenth-century, the only missing piece his right arm.
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The center offers visitors the chance to see and learn about native wildlife, including baby alligators, turtles, and snakes, among other creatures.
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The snakes were in containers that had their names and illustrations on the side.
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“Traitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitors. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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