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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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So when Simon makes his move, pulling guns on Negan with a small group of co-conspirators, Negan reveals that he’s known about the treachery all along thanks to Dwight.
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Every character has their motivations and their actions have consequences, but showrunner Joe Weisberg always manages to avoid lionizing their unyielding loyalty or demonizing their treachery.
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Some progressives view it as akin to political treachery.
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The film's imagined small talk, however, is nothing short of hilarious, delivered at a breakneck pace amid constant displays of staggering treachery.
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So just a few days before a primary in which Lipinski is in serious danger of losing to challenger Marie Newman, these Obama vets found an opening to remind Democrats of the incumbent’s treachery.
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The Seattle Times was right about the whole treachery part!
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In this time-fractured journey to a startling and emphatic finale, Ms. Dolan delivers a vivid and convincing picture of a world where loyalty and selflessness are forced into fatal juxtaposition with treachery and ambition.
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Reuters has quoted an anonymous US security source as saying that the main line of police inquiry was that Russians may have used the substance against Skripal in revenge for his 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
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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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