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turncoat

[turn-koht] / ˈtɜrnˌkoʊt /


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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

Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2024

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

These specialists, unfortunately, arrive with several question marks, like the team’s sickly, retired engineer and a self-absorbed turncoat.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2023

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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