Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy.
- noun The act or an instance of such betrayal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy.
- noun Synonyms See
perfidious .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Deliberate, often
calculated , disregard fortrust orfaith . - noun The act of violating the
confidence of another, usually for personal gain. - noun
Treason .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun betrayal of a trust
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This determined man, whose experience in the East Indies was of long date, and who had already served as director-general, came into his new office with an intense prejudice against the English, and with a firm resolve to put an end to what he described as their treachery and intrigues.
History of Holland George Edmundson 1889
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In this condition the legions burst in on them, furious at what they called the treachery of the previous day, and merciless in their vengeance.
Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856
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Fink grumbled, and Anton could not forget what he called treachery to Bernhard; and so it was, that for some weeks they no longer spent their evenings together.
Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag 1855
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Of course, he was in a great rage at what he called the treachery of
Richard I Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841
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Many, I believe, sense a terrible treachery is being perpetuated whilst being to busy to follow its awful details.
How Do Y0u Solve A Problem Like Sharia Newmania 2008
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Many, I believe, sense a terrible treachery is being perpetuated whilst being to busy to follow its awful details.
Archive 2008-02-10 Newmania 2008
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Exposing your duplicitiousness and treachery is a full-time job.
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Exposing your duplicitiousness and treachery is a full-time job.
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Melanie Phillips makes much of the word treachery in her blog entry.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The problem lay not in treachery but in implementation: successful use of the intelligence would tend to give it away.
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