Benedict Arnold love

Benedict Arnold

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US A traitor.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Benedict Arnold, famous for betraying the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Benedict Arnold.

Examples

  • The Democratic nominee, John Kerry, adopted a protectionist stance, campaigning against what he called Benedict Arnold companies and C.E.O.s that sent American jobs abroad.

    Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009

  • Although the name of Benedict Arnold today is synonymous with “traitor,” in May 1775 he was still a patriot, and much would transpire to his honor before his disgrace.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • Although the name of Benedict Arnold today is synonymous with “traitor,” in May 1775 he was still a patriot, and much would transpire to his honor before his disgrace.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • The name Benedict Arnold, today, is regarded as the equivalent of a traitor.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • SYLVESTER: This week, a House amendment by Congresswoman Rosa Delaura tried to prohibit these companies, dubbed Benedict Arnold's, from receiving government contracts from two other federal department, Treasury and Transportation.

    CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2004 2004

  • But it is mostly a political document and obviously I find it fascinating that the first thing out of the box on tax policy was a tax break for who John Kerry characterizes as the Benedict Arnold of the corporate world.

    CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2004 2004

  • Kerry gives them a lot of one-liners to work with, railing against tax cuts and "Benedict Arnold" CEOs.

    GENEXT: Bring on the Culture War 2007

  • By being a member of the Masons who promote their own over more successful persons, such as Benedict Arnold, who defected to the British after being overlooked for promotion.

    Latest amIright Song Parodies 2010

  • Noting that the city had a 40% tax delinquency, the head of an organization of Chicago school principals charged "Forty percent citizenship is no less dangerous and perilous to the government of America today than it was in the days of Benedict Arnold."

    The Forgotten Tax Revolt of the 1930s David Beito 2011

  • Like all others, this depiction is based on a nineteenth-century engraving that appears to be an alteration of an earlier portrait of Benedict Arnold in his Continental Army uniform.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.