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Judas

noun

ˈjü-dəs

Definition of Judas

as in traitor

one who betrays a trust or an allegiance she heatedly called her best friend a Judas after she found out her secrets had been spread all over town

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The king refused to look at it, and issued the Proclamation of Rebellion, declaring the colonists traitors and hiring 30,000 German mercenaries to help crush them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 July 2026
Harper suspects Bichette, after seven seasons in Toronto, won’t be treated as a traitor.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of traitor

Noun

Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Lesch plays the savior’s anguished betrayer not as an intellectual equal who fiercely debates him and loses all patience with the movement.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026

Definition of betrayer

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The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
But the result is that a fair number of former Sanders allies or staffers have turned out to be MAGA turncoats, cranks, or washed out of politics altogether.

— Ryan Cooper, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of turncoat

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