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Meaning of turn traitor | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To become a traitor, by betraying a person, group, or one's country.

Equivalents

日本語 寝返る

Examples

“For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last⟳ when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

turn tricks turn Turk turn turtle turn two turn under turn up

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