Treachery
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English
Noun
Treachery (plural treacheries)- Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
- The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
- Treason.
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Adjectives for Treachery
cruel; meditated; base; subtle; signal; bitter.
Verbs for Treachery
condemn—; court-martial for—; disclose—; denounce—; expose—; fear—; frame—; plot—; resort to—; screen—; shroud—; stoop to—; suspect—; uncover—; untangle —; veil—; —baits; —beguiles; —betrays; —debases; —deceives; —decoys; —deludes;—dishonors; —disillusions; —engulfs; — lures; —lurks; —pollutes; —snares; — stains; —sullies.
Thesaurus
Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, artifice, bad faith, cunning, danger, deceitfulness, desultoriness, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, disloyalty, double cross, double-dealing, doubleness, doubleness of heart, duplicity, faithlessness, falseheartedness, falseness, foul play, hazard, improbity, infirmity, insecurity, insolidity, instability, insubstantiality, low cunning, perfidiousness, perfidy, peril, perilousness, precariousness, risk, riskiness, sellout, shakiness, shiftiness, shiftingness, slipperiness, speculativeness, ticklishness, treacherousness, treason, two-facedness, unauthenticity, unauthoritativeness, undependability, unfaithworthiness, unreliability, unsolidity, unsoundness, unsteadfastness, unsteadiness, unsubstantiality, unsureness, untrustworthiness, wile
Etymology
From Middle English trecherie from Old French tricherie, trecherie from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”), of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch trek (“a trick”) from trekken (“to draw, play a trick on”). More at trick.
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External links
- Treachery in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- Treachery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Treachery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Treachery at OneLook Dictionary Search
