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- noun Plural form of
turncoat .
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Examples
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Last but not least among the released Bonanno turncoats is Joseph (Joey Mook) D'Amico, a cousin of the elder Cantarella who also "worked" at the Post, and committed a couple of murders with Shellackhead, and their late mobster uncle, Al (Al Walker) Embarrato, who also "worked" at the Post.
Jerry Capeci: Feds Reward Four Bonanno Defectors With Their Freedom Jerry Capeci 2010
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Last but not least among the released Bonanno turncoats is Joseph (Joey Mook) D'Amico, a cousin of the elder Cantarella who also "worked" at the Post, and committed a couple of murders with Shellackhead, and their late mobster uncle, Al (Al Walker) Embarrato, who also "worked" at the Post.
Jerry Capeci: Feds Reward Four Bonanno Defectors With Their Freedom Jerry Capeci 2010
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All you McCain turncoats, step aside and let the real patriots decide the fate of this great country – God bless America!!!!!!!
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The Inkatha Freedom Party's youth wing has called for the expulsion of "turncoats" - MPs who intend defecting to other political parties in terms of the controversial floor-crossing legislation.
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Like Pyotr Grinyov, we may sometimes need to be tricksters; perhaps, rather than worrying about being called turncoats, we should simply try to be more accomplished tricksters.
openDemocracy Robert Chandler 2010
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Like Pyotr Grinyov, we may sometimes need to be tricksters; perhaps, rather than worrying about being called turncoats, we should simply try to be more accomplished tricksters.
openDemocracy 2010
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I have never heard of so many "turncoats" in all my life ..
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I am a former Marine Sgt and we called you guys 'turncoats' back in Korea ...
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Parties only welcome these sorts of "turncoats" when they know their hold on power isn't that solid.
Suddenly, Arlen Specter is a Democrat. Ann Althouse 2009
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Parties only welcome these sorts of "turncoats" when they know their hold on power isn't that solid.
Suddenly, Arlen Specter is a Democrat. Ann Althouse 2009
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