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1
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
- childhood friends of movie stars often betray them by telling their secrets to the supermarket tabloids
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- inform (on),
- peach,
- rat (on),
- shop
- [British],
- snitch (on),
- split (on)
- [British],
- tell (on),
- turn in
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2
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
- his face betrayed his exasperation with his nosy neighbor
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3
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
- she was betrayed by a false show of friendship into covering up the crime
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The first known use of betray was in the 13th century
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