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Treachery

Treachery Meaning & Definition
Treachery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Treachery?

[n] an act of deliberate betrayal
[n] betrayal of a trust

Synonyms | Synonyms for Treachery: betrayal | perfidiousness | perfidy | perfidy | treason

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See Also | dishonesty | disloyalty | double cross | double-crossing | insidiousness | knavery | sellout

Treachery In Webster's Dictionary

\Treach"er*y\, n. [OE. trecher["i]e, trichere, OF. trecherie, tricherie, F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, OF. trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Trickery}, {Trick}.] Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason. Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. --Chaucer. In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. --Macaulay.

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