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Examples of treachery in a Sentence
a tale of treachery and revenge
was furious that she revealed his secret and never forgave her for the treachery
Recent Examples of treachery from the Web
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Problems arise when criminals bring their beefs and business onto the premises, leading to treachery and mischief and much violence.
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Hovhannisyan, as a pure-hearted, tragic Siegfried, was the focus of Odile’s treachery and, in the end, the force that triumphed over evil.
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Arnold’s treachery is usually put down to his stubborn pride and rivalries with fellow officers.
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For protesters in Greece, any sharing of the M-word is treachery.
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In movies about hustlers and confidence games, there is usually the scent of underlying treachery, the possibility of dishonor among thieves.
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At its very center stands Satan himself, guilty of treachery against God.
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Trump's recent tweets reflect much of the xenophobia and paranoia over both foreign threats and domestic treachery that underlay his campaign, and which still galvanize his hard-line support.
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But when Mr Meshal sided with his Qatari financiers, who backed Syria’s Islamist rebels after the uprising in 2011, Mr Assad and his men fumed at the treachery.
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Origin and Etymology of treachery
Middle English trecherie, from Anglo-French, from trecher, tricher to deceive, from Vulgar Latin *triccare — more at 1trick
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First Known Use: 13th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeartreachery Synonyms
Synonyms
backstabbing, betrayal, business, disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, sellout, treason, two-timing, unfaithfulness;
Antonyms
allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, staunchness, steadfastness;
Related Words
deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, two-facedness;
TREACHERY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of treachery for English Language Learners
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: harmful things that are done usually secretly to a friend, your own country, etc.
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: an act of harming someone who trusts you
TREACHERY Defined for Kids
Definition of treachery for Students
plural treacheries
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: the behavior of a person who betrays trust or faith
- a tale of treachery and revenge
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: an act or instance of betraying trust or faith
- She was hurt by her friend's treacheries.
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