Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turncoat witness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: turn-coat wit-ness
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hostile witness.

Example Sentences

"Federal prosecutors say that in addition to turncoat witnesses, they are armed with secretly recorded conversations made in the Camden, N.J., office of Mr. Stanfa's lawyer, Salvatore Avena, who has also been indicted on racketeering charges."

Inflected Forms

turncoat witnesses (plural)

Questions

What does turncoat witness mean?: A hostile witness.

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