turncoat

Example Sentences

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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

Better to keep a turncoat close than let him run wild.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Her previous work with Equinox and Lululemon clearly informs her criticism, and many passages carry an exciting turncoat vigor.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

But he is facing attack from Johnson allies who consider him a turncoat.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 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