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/ˈtəːn.kəʊt/ · noun
A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance..
But some will cry Turncoat, and rip up old stories, / How I always pretended to be for the tories: […]
Federal prosecutors say that in addition to turncoat witnesses, they are armed with secretly recorded conversations made in the Camden, N.J., office of Mr. Stanfa's lawyer, Salvatore Avena, who has also been indicted on racketeering charges.
The opposition members chanted slogans against the turncoats and termed the speaker’s attitude as partial. To them the speaker was promoting 'lotacracy' in the province, prompting them to chant 'go Speaker go', and 'lota speaker'.
Use turn coat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Turn coat means A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance..
Common synonyms include apostate, defector, renegade, balimbing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But some will cry Turncoat, and rip up old stories, / How I always pretended to be for the tories: […]
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