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treacherytreach‧e‧ry /ˈtretʃəri/ noun (plural treacheries)   treacheryOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French trecherie, from trechier, trichier; ➔ TRICK1 - After a furious argument during which he accused the prime minister of treachery, he announced that he would resign his Cabinet position.
- Selling military secrets is an unforgivable act of treachery.
- When the king learned of his brother's treachery, he quickly ordered his execution.
- As nothing else, the child within her womb kept reminding her daily, hourly of the treachery she had perpetrated.
- For many battered women the unpredictable treachery of a deadly serpent is an apt characterization of the abusive actions of their husbands.
- The existence of treachery finds confirmation elsewhere.
- The inadequacy and treachery of the old leaderships of the working class have made the need all the more imperative.
- The King went back to the palace planning treachery against the heroes and vowing they should never have the Golden Fleece.
- There followed a swingeing series of letters between Rodrigo and Berenguer, in which each accused the other of treachery and cowardice.
- There is a fear of treachery.
to betray a friend or someone who trusts you► betray to be disloyal to your friends or to someone who trusts you, often causing serious harm to them as a result: · He betrayed his friends in order to save his own life. betray somebody to the police/government etc (=give the police etc information about someone): · Olga's best friend betrayed her to the secret police.betray somebody's trust/confidence/friendship etc (=betray someone who trusts you): · I still have bitter feelings for Robert. What can I say? He completely betrayed my trust.feel betrayed (=feel that someone you trust has betrayed you): · When I heard what she had said about me I felt angry and betrayed. ► stab somebody in the back to betray someone who trusts you, especially someone that you work with, by saying or doing something that will cause them a lot of harm and get you an advantage: · He seems friendly, but he wouldn't hesitate to stab you in the back if he thought it would help him get your job.· Thatcher was stabbed in the back by her former friends and colleagues in the Conservative Party. ► sell somebody down the river to betray a group of people who trusted you to help them, in order to gain money or power for yourself: · The workers were promised that they would not lose their jobs as a result of the merger. Later they found out that they had been sold down the river. ► treachery great disloyalty to someone who trusts you, for example by secretly tricking them, or helping their enemies: · When the king learned of his brother's treachery, he quickly ordered his execution.· After a furious argument during which he accused the prime minister of treachery, he announced that he would resign his Cabinet position. 1[uncountable] behaviour in which someone is not loyal to a person who trusts them, especially when this behaviour helps that person’s enemies:  the treachery of those who plotted against the king2[countable usually plural] a disloyal action against someone who trusts you |