Fugitive
Fugitive noun - Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice.
Traitor
Traitor noun - One who betrays a trust or an allegiance.
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Synonyms for Traitor
Fugitive and traitor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fugitive" instead a noun "Traitor".
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Ethan is a fugitive, having been branded a traitor.
Source: Phone-Trace Race -
In The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs, King Leopold faints when he realizes that he's going to be executed as a traitor if he can't convince anyone that he's himself and not his fugitive Identical Stranger cousin.
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Pretty much any close-up of Joe Pantoliano, in any movie or television show he appears in, is a Traitor Shot unless it's from The Fugitive, its sequel U.S.
Source: Traitor Shot
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