treachery
Americannoun
plural
treacheries-
violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason.
- Antonyms:
- loyalty
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an act of perfidy, faithlessness, or treason.
noun
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the act or an instance of wilful betrayal
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the disposition to betray
Related Words
See disloyalty.
Etymology
Origin of treachery
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English trecherie, from Middle French, Old French, from trech(ier) “to deceive” ( trick ) + -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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The depictions of the “tediums and treacheries” of the clerk’s office are especially winning.
It’s a sprawling tale of divine corruption and human treachery that ends with the world being purified by fire and flood.
"My immediate reaction was it's treachery, it's disloyalty" says one of those Badenoch consulted in her parliamentary office.
From BBC
“Mrs. Warne can tell us what the would-be assassins had to say upon discovering that Mr. Lincoln passed safely under their sleeping noses. And we’ll find out if they’re plotting more treachery against him.”
From Literature
His treachery began in 1985 when he gave the Soviets the names of a few KGB officers secretly working for the FBI in exchange for $50,000.
From BBC
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