traitor
Collocations
3(noun.)
VERB + TRAITOR
turn
After years of loyalty, she turned traitor by selling company secrets to a rival firm.
denounce sb as
PREP
~ to
She felt that her best friend became a traitor to their friendship when she shared the secret.
Definitions
noun
Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or bo
After World War I, the communists and Jews were accused to be traitors by the German right wing (the "stab-in-the-back myth"), ultimately culminating in their persecution and massacre.
My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]
Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
One who betrays any confidence or trust.
It's second nature now to think myself a traitor To myself, to all I've ever burdened with my rotting visage I can't breathe, the weight of all I've disappointed crushes me If I were happy, it would feel as if I couldn't trust me
It took you two weeks To go off and date her Guess you didn't cheat But you're still, you're still a traitor Yeah, you're still a traitor
verb
To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
adj
Traitorous.
to find a subject staid and wise Already half turn'd traitor by surprise
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who says one thing and does another
- double-crosser
- double-dealer
- two-timer
- betrayer
noun — someone who betrays his country by committing treason
- treasonist
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6After World War I, the communists and Jews were accused to be traitors by the German right wing (the "stab-in-the-back myth"), ultimately culminating in their persecution and massacre.
WiktionaryMy Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages
WiktionaryYes, that was Vice President Spiro Agnew commemorating the "loyalty" of literal traitors. But what can you really expect from a man whose name rearranged spells "grow a penis."
Wiktionaryto find a subject staid and wise Already half turn'd traitor by surprise
WiktionaryWe have a traitor among us.
Tatoeba · #23357The soldiers turned traitor.
Tatoeba · #44108