TURNCOAT Definition & Meaning

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turncoat

[ turn-koht ]

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noun

a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.

turncoat

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noun

a person who deserts one cause or party for the opposite faction; renegade

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of turncoat¹

First recorded in 1550–60; origin uncertain; possibly from the practice hiding one's allegiance by turning one's coat inside out and covering one's party colors, military insignia, or heraldic badges; turn + coat

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"The level is low, today they arrest someone and if he becomes a turncoat they arrest another... wretched low-level," he was quoted as saying over his wiretapped phone.

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Between dead drops and TOR, this meant unlike traditional drug rings, no one actually has to meet face-to-face, shielding the operation from undercovers, turncoats and stool pigeons.

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Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.

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The turncoat was not only defeated but humiliated.

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Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been killed or assaulted in a variety of way s.

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