turn traitor
Example Sentences
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A former Army soldier arrived in Ukraine only to turn traitor and defect to Russia.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023
He sent secretly to Pănglîma Râja Sĭbîdi, and, by promises of favours to come, and by gifts of no small value, he had but little difficulty in persuading him to turn traitor.
From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir
"You mean that——" "It would be better for me to die than that my father's child should turn traitor or coward."
From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James
Perhaps it was my refusal of your handsome offer to me in Louisbourg that I should turn traitor.
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton
Not one of them would turn traitor; each without thought of self serves the weal of all.”
From The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Guiterman, Arthur
