treachery
noun, plural treach·er·ies.
Origin of treachery
Synonym study
Antonyms for treachery
Related Words for treachery
infidelity, betrayal, treason, fake, flimflam, whitewash, scam, falseness, duplicity, sellout, dodge, gyp, perfidy, perfidiousness, spoof, disaffection, put-on, racket, corruption, double-dealingExamples from the Web for treachery
Contemporary Examples of treachery
His treachery, however, had been skillfully concealed for years.
Through its wrenching, eventually exhausting series of betrayals, Game of Thrones asks, “Is treachery unavoidable?”
There is a short fuse and a certain explosion at the end of this piece of treachery.
Immediately, the hardline settlers were quick to accuse their own elected officials of all sorts of treachery.
“[C]owardice is worse, treachery is worse, and simple selfishness is worse,” he said.
Historical Examples of treachery
I should like to meet him face to face, and charge him with his treachery.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
How could Robert have learned anything of his treachery to his father?
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
He came a little toward the girl who had accused him of treachery.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
It was not long before they had to pay a heavy penalty for their treachery and inconstancy.
Stories from ThucydidesH. L. Havell
It after wards appears that the scheme of Rumi-naui was one of treachery.
Apu OllantayAnonymous