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Recent Examples of treachery Press play below to learn more about Wells’ treachery, and to get a sneak peek at the fugitive interacting with her latest target. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025 Sinners is one of the great vampire movies of the modern age, mining the legend of these perpetual outsiders who desperately yearn to belong, but whose silky promises are rooted in treachery. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025 But the most intriguing finish—and the most on-brand level of treachery from Heyman—would be Paul stabbing both Roman and Punk in the back for Rollins. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Sinners is about vampires, perpetual outsiders who desperately yearn to belong, but whose silky promises are rooted in treachery. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for treachery
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Noun
  • The stories are compelling, often blending sure-fire elements of true crime, psychology (primarily the surrender and loss of self, replaced with a groupthink mentality), deception, betrayal and all manner of drama.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In an impassioned evening speech, Tillis shared his views arguing the Senate approach is a betrayal of Trump’s promise not to kick people off health care.
    Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The South committed treason against the Constitution to protect slavery.
    Zaakir Tameez June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • Lissu — who survived being shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt — was arrested in April on treason charges.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 7 June 2025

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“Treachery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treachery. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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