Another word for traitor
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Noun
One who betrays
- Any of numerous long-tailed rodents of various families (esp. Muridae and Cricetidae) resembling, but larger than, the mouse: rats are very destructive pests and carriers of highly contagious diseases, as bubonic plague and typhus
- (Slang) A person who frequently passes time at a particular place. Often used in combination:
- Any of various long-tailed rodents resembling mice but larger, especially one of the genus Rattus.
- (Bible, person, proper) Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus: Matt. 26:14, 48
- One who betrays another under the guise of friendship.
- (Bible, person, proper) A brother of Jesus and James: Mark 6:3; Matt. 13:55
- A double-crosser.
- Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
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Another word for traitor
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- (Slang) A stool pigeon.
- A Northerner who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
- A poisonous North American pit viper (Agkistrodon contortrix) with a copper-colored head and dark-brown cross bands
- (Informal, former) A Northerner who sympathized with the South at the time of the Civil War
- A person who two-times another.
- (Informal) A spy or informer, esp. for the police
- A pigeon used as a decoy.
- (Slang) A person acting as a decoy or as an informer, especially one who is a spy for the police.
- A small pad formerly used in certain styles of women's coiffures to make the hair look thicker
- (Slang) A despicable person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.
- (Slang) A person who frequently passes time at a particular place. Often used in combination:
- (Idiomatic) A person or other performer of actions which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.
- A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- A coward; craven
- (Archaic) A coward.
- Somebody who is recreant. A person who yields in combat, or is cowardly and faint-hearted.
- An act of sneaking
- A person who sneaks; stealthy, underhanded, contemptible person
- An instance of sneaking; a quiet, stealthy movement.
- A person who goes over to the opposite side or party; traitor
- A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
- Part of a group that agree to do an unlawful or unethical act.
- One of a group that acts in harmony
- A person or thing that plots
- (Comput.) A peripheral for producing charts, graphs, etc. directly from data
- (Computing) an output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
- A person given to hypocrisy.
- A person who pretends to be what he or she is not; specif., one who pretends to be pious, virtuous, etc. without really being so
- A person who cooperates with an enemy invader
- One that collaborates with an enemy occupation force.
- A person who collaborates
- A spy used in counterespionage
- A spy working in opposition to enemy espionage.
- Attributive form of double agent
- A spy employed by two rival espionage organizations
- A person pretending to work as a spy for one government while actually working as a spy for another government.
- (Now Rare) An act of spying
- One who secretly collects information concerning the enemies of a government or group.
- A person employed by a government to get secret information about or monitor the affairs, plans, armed forces, etc. of another government
- A person who secretly accuses, or gives evidence against, another, often for a reward
- An informant, especially one who informs against others for compensation.
- A person who gives, or serves as a source of, information
- One that gives information.
- A native speaker of a language whose pronunciations, usages, etc. are studied and recorded by linguists
- Someone who belongs to a group that secretly undermines another organization
- (Archit.) A peephole or small window, as in the door of a prison cell
- (Bible, person, proper) A brother of Jesus and James: Mark 6:3; Matt. 13:55
- One who betrays another under the guise of friendship.
- A fugitive from the law; outlaw
- A person who abandons a party, movement, etc. and goes over to the other side; traitor; turncoat
- One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
- A double-crosser.
- Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
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