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# traitor

«traitor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person who betrays their country, for example by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a traitor, traitors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A traitor is a person who betrays their country, for example by helping its enemies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#m1)

2) A traitor is someone who betrays friends, a team or a group they belonged to, by giving away secrets or changing sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it describes people who are faithless and wicked, who break trust with God and with others. Interpretation: The psalmist asks God to deal with those who betray, and tradition reads this as a prayer for justice against the wicked. In the primary lessons: In history and stories (spies, wars, kings) the word marks one of the worst crimes. In playground talk children shout "Traitor!" at someone who joins the other team or tells a secret, often half as a joke. Phrases: «a traitor to his country», «turn traitor», «You traitor!», «traitor's gate».

### examples

- Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arouse Thyself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors. (Writings PSA.59.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x1)
- The traitor gave the secret plans to the enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x2)
- Guy Fawkes was called a traitor for his plot against the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x3)
- "Traitor!" Jake joked when his friend joined the other team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x4)
- She felt like a traitor for telling Mum the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x5)
- In the story, the knight's best friend turned out to be a traitor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x6)
- Traitors were once taken through Traitors' Gate at the Tower of London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x7)
- He was no traitor; he only told the truth to stop someone getting hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x8)
- 'Ah, traitor!' cried the wolf, howling with rage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/#x9)

### note

Countable noun. Related: betray, betrayal, treason (the crime of betraying your country), treacherous. Trap: telling a teacher when someone is in danger is not being a traitor; it is keeping people safe.

### In the corpora

- [When he opens his eyes, his own river looks grey and chilly, and his loyal heart scolds him for being a traitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/3/)
- [Jake lives on Station Road but goes to school with the Mill Lane kids, so both sides called him a traitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «traitor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traitor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.