treachery
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treachery
- /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/
- /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).
noun treacheries
- Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith. Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.
- The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
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Treason.
Similar: perfidy
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An act or instance of treachery.
These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.
Similar: Punic faith, prodition, treacherousness, betrayal, breach of promise, breach of trust, double-dealing, Judas kiss, perfidiousness, perfidy, stab in the back, swike
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: betrayal, perfidy, treason, perfidiousness, disloyalty, traitor, cheating, carve-up, trickery, deceit, deception, hoax, cheat, infidelity, sell-out, duplicity
Translations
Every language
noun deliberate disregard for trust or faith
| 日本語 | 裏切り uragiri |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 背信棄義 /背信弃义 bèixìnqìyì |
| Français | traîtrise |
| Deutsch | Verrat |
| Italiano | tradimento, slealtà, inganno |
| Ελληνικά | δολιότητα doliótita, κακοπιστία kakopistía, επιβουλή epivoulí |
| Русский | преда́тельство predátelʹstvo, изме́на izména, вероло́мство verolómstvo |
noun the act of violating the confidence of another
| Español | alevosía, aleve |
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| Ελληνικά | προδοσία prodosía |
| Русский | преда́тельство predátelʹstvo, изме́на izména |
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title = {treachery},
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