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
"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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
"She has promised me, on your behalf, all sorts of rewards if I will turn traitor and run the boat back to La Gloria."
From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell
The breakdown of his fortunes caused him to turn traitor to himself, to recant and destroy his intellectual past.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto
He liked Vanbloem; he had told him his history, and now proposed remaining with him, and stating to Vander Roey his resolution not to turn traitor.
From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet
