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
So many traitors, smooth operators.
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Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The stars play a game in which a group of ‘faithful’ players must detect and eliminate ‘traitors,’ who each evening banish others from the competition.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Another aspect is that Netanyahu might have traitors in his government, like legitimate traitors that infiltrated.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Opponents aren’t just wrong anymore — they’re painted as traitors or existential threats.
—Marly Berlin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
The show features reality TV stars and celebrity contestants who must play a game similar to Werewolf or Mafia and figure out who the traitors are among the group.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo, who has been actively lobbying against Brazil in Washington, have both been branded as traitors by Lula supporters.
—Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
The 1798 Alien Enemies Act After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the American government viewed Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans as potential traitors, Umemoto said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The show, in which players try to determine which contestants are faithfuls and which are traitors, has already been renewed for a fifth season.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The stars play a game in which a group of ‘faithful’ players must detect and eliminate ‘traitors,’ who each evening banish others from the competition.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
Another aspect is that Netanyahu might have traitors in his government, like legitimate traitors that infiltrated.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Opponents aren’t just wrong anymore — they’re painted as traitors or existential threats.
—Marly Berlin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
The show features reality TV stars and celebrity contestants who must play a game similar to Werewolf or Mafia and figure out who the traitors are among the group.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo, who has been actively lobbying against Brazil in Washington, have both been branded as traitors by Lula supporters.
—Hussein Kalout, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2025
The 1798 Alien Enemies Act After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the American government viewed Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans as potential traitors, Umemoto said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
The show, in which players try to determine which contestants are faithfuls and which are traitors, has already been renewed for a fifth season.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitors
Noun
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Serpentarium visitors can meet and pet Fáfnir and a number of snakes and alligators at the grand opening, Wilson said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The entire concert is a spectacle — all black and red, smoke and snakes.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Two months later, the very conspirators who orchestrated the assassination ensured Christophe’s election to president of a new Haitian state, proclaimed to be not an empire, after the fashion of Dessalines, but a republic, after the fashion of the United States.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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She’s also accused of directing co-conspirators to apply for public and private grants for the organization that actually went toward the couple’s living expenses.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Traitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitors. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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