as in betrayers
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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Recent Examples of traitors
It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Having been labeled traitors in Iran and following reports that some of their families had been threatened, the players then sang before their other two matches.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
McCarthy’s rampage was about rooting out traitors.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Faithfuls also have chances to banish traitors by voting them out of the castle during a nightly event called the roundtable.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
Rinna was selected as one of the traitors on the show, but she was voted off.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
The challenge gave the faithful a chance to identify the traitors with just a few rounds left.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
In fact, descendants of the 28,000 Marylanders who served in the Revolutionary War, not even 100 years prior to the Civil War, also served in the Confederate Army, hardly traitors.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
The president considers any Republicans who criticize him to be traitors and RINOs or Republicans in name only.
—Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Having been labeled traitors in Iran and following reports that some of their families had been threatened, the players then sang before their other two matches.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
McCarthy’s rampage was about rooting out traitors.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Faithfuls also have chances to banish traitors by voting them out of the castle during a nightly event called the roundtable.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
Rinna was selected as one of the traitors on the show, but she was voted off.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
The challenge gave the faithful a chance to identify the traitors with just a few rounds left.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
In fact, descendants of the 28,000 Marylanders who served in the Revolutionary War, not even 100 years prior to the Civil War, also served in the Confederate Army, hardly traitors.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026
The president considers any Republicans who criticize him to be traitors and RINOs or Republicans in name only.
—Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traitors
Noun
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The Southland has also seen more rattlesnakes, with two recent human fatalities, as the early heat draws more serpents onto hiking trails.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Laocoön and His Sons, an exquisite marble sculpture of the legendary Trojan priest writhing in agony as he’s attacked by sea-serpents, was first unearthed in the early sixteenth-century, the only missing piece his right arm.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Deer, snakes, and birds flee past you, even the insects attempt to escape.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Unlike regular drain snakes that require manual control, the DrainShroom disposable drain snakes are designed to attach to any power drill to create a highly effective hair clog grabbing tool.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Traitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traitors. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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