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Recent Examples of turncoat The other senators are immediately abuzz, and Mothma has to be smuggled out of the spherical senate chamber to avoid abduction by a turncoat. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025 Its players are turncoats whose legacies are forever stained. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2025 Many countries have a great turncoat in their history. Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025 The new synthetic has Bishop’s genuine care for humanity, until he’s corrupted by a synthetic modeled (very directly) after Ash, turning him into a turncoat android more in line with the prequels’ David (Michael Fassbender). Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for turncoat
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traitor
Noun
  • As security officer of the Maginot, Morrow abandons his post to kill the traitor — allowing the ship to continue its collision course into Earth.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 3 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

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“Turncoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turncoat. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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