as in betrayer
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
accused by her family of being a traitor when she sold their traditionally animal-friendly business to a competitor known to use animals for testing its products
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After a successful mission end in the penultimate episode of SEAL Team Season 7, which resulted in the capture of a major fentanyl drug trader and elimination of a Green Beret traitor, Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz) and Team Bravo head home to Virginia Beach.
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
Brawls break out as half of Dylan’s fans marvel at the new direction and half view him as a traitor to folk music.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
The top counties the traitors flock to are Providence County in Rhode Island and Hillsborough and Rockingham counties in New Hampshire.
22,047 people from Massachusetts moved to New Hampshire between 2018 and 2022, per the Census Bureau.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
The calamity is only exacerbated by the fact that Zionist opposition parties call for Netanyahu’s ouster but do not dare to raise the flag of peace and coexistence with the Palestinians, fearing to appear unpatriotic in wartime or to be smeared by right-wingers as traitors.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
Brawls break out as half of Dylan’s fans marvel at the new direction and half view him as a traitor to folk music.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
The top counties the traitors flock to are Providence County in Rhode Island and Hillsborough and Rockingham counties in New Hampshire.
22,047 people from Massachusetts moved to New Hampshire between 2018 and 2022, per the Census Bureau.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
The calamity is only exacerbated by the fact that Zionist opposition parties call for Netanyahu’s ouster but do not dare to raise the flag of peace and coexistence with the Palestinians, fearing to appear unpatriotic in wartime or to be smeared by right-wingers as traitors.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Traitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitor. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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