traitor

Verräter, Verräterin

Person, die jemanden oder eine Gruppe verrät und dadurch das Vertrauen missbraucht und schweren Schaden anrichtet.

In einfachem Englisch: Someone who seriously harms a person or group that trusted them.

• They called him a traitor.
• The traitor gave our plans to the enemy.
• She felt that her closest friend had become a traitor.

So benutzt man es: a traitor to someone/something (They called him a traitor to his country.)

Synonyme: betrayer

Häufige Wendungen: a traitor to someone, call someone a traitor, a suspected traitor, brand someone a traitor

verräterisch, treulos

Gegen Menschen handelnd, die einem vertrauen, besonders durch Hilfe für deren Feinde.

In einfachem Englisch: Acting against people who trust you, especially by helping their enemies.

• The king cursed his traitor brother.
• A traitor lord opened the gates to the enemy.
• She feared the whispers of a traitor tongue.

Synonyme: traitorous, disloyal, treacherous

Gegenteile: loyal

Häufige Wendungen: a traitor heart, a traitor lord, a traitor tongue