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
After all that had transpired—after all he had promised—was he going to turn traitor?
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
They were afraid that Raikes was coaxing Sparwick to turn traitor.
From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray
To neither could I turn traitor, and do the work, or satisfy the aspirations of a true and loving woman.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
It was she who had urged him to falsehood, he said; she who had induced him to turn traitor; she who had blackened his ancient name and besmirched his honor.
From Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German by Bender, Millicent Schwab
