turncoat
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But that’s not quite right either: Pointing a finger at Tortora—as a dozen or so turncoat Camorristas will ultimately do—comes with benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a new seek-and-destroy strategy that uses turncoat carp to lead them to the fish’s hotspot hideouts.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023
Better to keep a turncoat close than let him run wild.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
Rather than a defeat for Madrid, Mbappé’s decision has been cast as that of a mercenary and a traitor, a turncoat who gave his word to Pérez and then betrayed him.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
For this he is branded a turncoat, within two years of the end of the war is being referred to by Southern newspapers as “the most hated man in the South.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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