turn traitor
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A former Army soldier arrived in Ukraine only to turn traitor and defect to Russia.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
It was she who had urged him to falsehood, he said; she who had induced him to turn traitor; she who had blackened his ancient name and besmirched his honor.
From Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German by Millicent Schwab Bender
"Surely, M. Fourier," he said, "you don't mean to suggest that Grenoble is going to turn traitor to the King?"
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
He appeared like one who, to gratify a passion, would turn traitor upon a partisan.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
I could not have believed it possible that Congo would thus turn traitor and desert me.”
From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid
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