Turncoats Foremost Pretext For Disloyalty Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	7		Exact Match!
	noun • a crime that undermines the offender's government • disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior • an act of deliberate betrayal
	32%	9		Turncoats
	noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs
	32%	8		Turncoats
	noun • someone who betrays his country by committing treason • a person who says one thing and does another

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The Guardian Cryptic18 Nov 2011	Down 18
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