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
But that does not mean that those Maryland families with pre-war Confederate roots were, or are, traitors.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
Underwood not only survived several murders but takes pride in having a hand in eliminating three out of the four original traitors, including Donna Kelce, Lisa Rinna and Dillard Bassett.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The president considers any Republicans who criticize him to be traitors and RINOs or Republicans in name only.
—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
Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
Underwood not only survived several murders but takes pride in having a hand in eliminating three out of the four original traitors, including Donna Kelce, Lisa Rinna and Dillard Bassett.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The president considers any Republicans who criticize him to be traitors and RINOs or Republicans in name only.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitors
Noun
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 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 18 Feb. 2026.
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