turn traitor

Example Sentences

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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

"Now, would it not be better——" "Do you mean to suggest to me that we turn traitor?" she interrupted, turning full upon him, her eyes flashing with intense feeling.

From The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution by Barrett, James Francis

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 Bender, Millicent Schwab

He sent secretly to Pănglîma Râja Sĭbîdi, and, by promises of favours to come, and by gifts of no small value, he had but little difficulty in persuading him to turn traitor.

From In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir

I could not have believed it possible that Congo would thus turn traitor and desert me.”

From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne