turn traitor

verb

To become a traitor, by betraying a person, group, or one's country.

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Meanings

verbturn traitor (third-person singular simple present turns traitor, present participle turning traitor, simple past and past participle turned traitor)

present singular third person turns traitor · participle present turning traitor · participle past turned traitor · past turned traitor

  1. To become a traitor, by betraying a person, group, or one's country.

    For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle
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APA

turn traitor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turn%20traitor

MLA

“turn traitor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turn%20traitor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turn traitor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turn%20traitor.

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