traitor

/'treitə/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A person who betrays a trust or is disloyal: A traitor is someone who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle, by acting in a deceitful or treacherous way.
    • Someone who commits treason: Specifically, a traitor is a person who betrays their country, especially by helping an enemy or by attempting to overthrow the government.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • He was branded a traitor for revealing the company's secrets to a competitor.
    • The spy was executed as a traitor for selling state secrets to a foreign power.
Advanced Usage
  • "To turn traitor": To become a traitor; to betray a person, group, or country one was previously loyal to.
    • After years of loyal service, he turned traitor and joined the rebel forces.
Variants and Related Words
  • Treason (n): The crime of betraying one's country.
    • He was charged with treason.
  • Treachery (n): Betrayal of trust; deceptive action.
    • His treachery led to the downfall of the entire operation.
  • Traitorous (adj): Having the characteristics of a traitor; involving betrayal.
    • His traitorous actions were condemned by all.
Synonyms
  • Betrayer: One who betrays a trust or confidence.
  • Turncoat: A person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one.
  • Judas: (Alluding to Judas Iscariot) A person who betrays a friend.
Related Phrases
  • Traitor to the cause: Someone who betrays the principles or objectives of a group or movement they were part of.
    • By advocating for the new policy, he was seen as a traitor to the cause.
Related Idioms
  • A traitor in our midst: An expression meaning there is a disloyal person within a group.
    • The leaked documents proved there was a traitor in our midst.
Noun
  1. a person who says one thing and does another
  2. someone who betrays his country by committing treason

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