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 James Francis Barrett
Could it be that the sly schemer, for the furtherance of his ambition to govern France, was about to turn traitor and betray the coalition?
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
"You mean that——" "It would be better for me to die than that my father's child should turn traitor or coward."
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
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 Sir Hugh Charles Clifford
