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traitor
noun as in person who is disloyal
Strong matches
Judas, apostate, backslider, betrayer, deceiver, defector, double-crosser, fink, intriguer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, snake, sneak, snitch, snitcher, squealer, tattletale, traducer, treasonist, two-timer, whistle-blower, wolf
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Example Sentences
The images led to Fonda being tarred as “Hanoi Jane” and a traitor to the United States, which had deployed millions of American soldiers to Southeast Asia, many of whom never returned.
As Curry puts it, leaders at white-shoe law firms, elite universities and major foundations have repeatedly surrendered without a shot, revealing themselves as “traitors, cowards, rank opportunists or simply inept.”
When patriot forces captured loyalist irregulars – often called “Tories” or “refugees” – they frequently treated them not as prisoners of war but as traitors, executing them swiftly, usually by hanging.
This remains the case when Andy encounters the slimy remains of Rook, the derelict vessel’s android science officer who looks exactly like Ash, the series’ first android traitor introduced in 1979’s “Alien.”
Just as Halimi had worried, they accused him of being a thief and traitor, which could be like a death sentence for anyone connected to him back home.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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