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traitorously
adverb
formaldisapprovinguk /ˈtreɪ.tər.əs.li/ us /ˈtreɪ.t̬ɚ.əs.li/
in a way that is not loyal to your own country, social group, beliefs, etc.:
A small band of men had traitorously taken up arms against the government.
It was hard to believe that anybody could act so traitorously against the interests of their country.
She had stolen some confidential files and traitorously passed them on to a competitor.
He traitorously sent a message to the Emperor that revealed the names of the conspirators.
She traitorously left the opposition party to accept a job in the government.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
adulterous
backstabber
betrayal
betrayer
break ranksidiom
chicane
deserter
desertion
faithless
faithlessly
faithlessness
false
fifth column
sellout
stab someone in the backidiom
tergiversation
throw someone to the lionsidiom
throw someone under the busidiom
treasonable
unfaithfulness
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