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traditore — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
  • rat noun A rodent similar to a mouse but larger, often considered a pest.
  • snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
  • traitor noun A person who betrays their country, cause, or the trust placed in them.
  • treacherous adj Willing to betray trust; disloyal and deceitful.
  • turncoat noun A person who betrays their former group, cause, or allegiance to join the opposing side.

Senses

traditore is used for these senses in English:

  • grass (countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.
  • rat (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
  • snitch (slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.
  • traitor (by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.
  • treacherous Exhibiting treachery.
  • turncoat A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
  • volte-face A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.

grass — full definition

  1. noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
  2. noun Marijuana (informal).
  3. noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
  4. verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.

rat — full definition

  1. noun A rodent similar to a mouse but larger, often considered a pest.
  2. verb Informally, to inform on someone to the authorities; to betray someone's trust.

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