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Someone who betrays others is commonly known as a traitor or betrayer. Betrayal is a commonly used story element in fiction, sometimes used as a plot twist.
In Matthew 26:23–25, Jesus confirms the identity of the traitor: "The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born." Judas, who betrayed him, answered: "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him: "You said it."
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. [1] This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state.
Ephialtes (/ ˌ ɛ f i ˈ æ l t iː z /; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης Ephialtēs) [a] was a Greek renegade during the Greco-Persian Wars.Born to Eurydemus (Εὐρύδημος) of Malis, [1] he betrayed his homeland and people to the Achaemenid Empire by revealing the existence of a path around the Greek coalition's position at Thermopylae. [2]
“I think we’re in a place, politically, where people are paying a lot more attention to words than they used to, and we’re so polarized. Everything is political, and whether that’s a good ...
In political and social history, this is distinct from being a traitor, as the switch mostly takes place under the following circumstances: In groups, often driven by one or more leaders. When the goal that formerly motivated and benefited the person becomes (or is perceived as having become) either no longer feasible or too costly even if ...
Survivor hasn’t done a Faithfuls vs. Traitors theme yet, but this season of The Traitors could be an adequate substitute. Four players from the long-running CBS hit reality show are battling it ...
George Canning Hill authored a series of moralistic biographies in the mid-19th century and began his 1865 biography of Arnold: "Benedict, the Traitor, was born…". [ 142 ] Social historian Brian Carso notes that, as the 19th century progressed, the story of Arnold's betrayal was portrayed with near-mythical proportions as a part of the ...