{
    "term": "traitor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who betrays their friends, their country, etc. by giving away secrets about them, by lying to or about them or by doing other things that will harm them",
            "sensetop": "traitor (to somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She denied that she had **turned traitor** (= become a )."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He turned traitor and joined the opposition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + traitor": ["turn", "brand somebody as", "call somebody"],
                "preposition": ["traitor to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtreɪtə(r)/",
                "audio": "tr/traitor/traitor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtreɪtər/",
                "audio": "tr/traitor/traitor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French traitour, from Latin traditor, from tradere ‘hand over’."
}