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  • noun Plural form of treachery.

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Examples

  • All of these various "treacheries" led to the Republicans removing Barry's name from the front of their headquarters.

    Archive 2005-07-01 2005

  • In Updike's tragicomedy of half-consenting treacheries, time and not adultery is the worst betrayer.

    Betrayals Of Love Tessa Hadley 2011

  • In Updike's tragicomedy of half-consenting treacheries, time and not adultery is the worst betrayer.

    Betrayals Of Love Tessa Hadley 2011

  • By 1987 Ed had been everywhere and interviewed everyone of importance in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and understood better than perhaps any journalist the socio-political dynamics, the cultures and character, the treacheries and shifting alliances, and the tactics and strategies of the players in this latest manifestation of the Great Game.

    Nick Mills: Killing the Cranes Nick Mills 2011

  • Jeffery's account includes the first of his terrible treacheries, but not the embarrassing denouement.

    MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949 by Keith Jeffery Robert McCrum 2010

  • By 1987 Ed had been everywhere and interviewed everyone of importance in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and understood better than perhaps any journalist the socio-political dynamics, the cultures and character, the treacheries and shifting alliances, and the tactics and strategies of the players in this latest manifestation of the Great Game.

    Nick Mills: Killing the Cranes Nick Mills 2011

  • By 1987 Ed had been everywhere and interviewed everyone of importance in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and understood better than perhaps any journalist the socio-political dynamics, the cultures and character, the treacheries and shifting alliances, and the tactics and strategies of the players in this latest manifestation of the Great Game.

    Nick Mills: Killing the Cranes Nick Mills 2011

  • Before the bronzed Cimmerian can return to the arms of his lover Belit, Queen of the Black Coast, he must face deadly treacheries and the dark spells of a cunning sorceress.

    Dark Horse Title Shipping in December | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • By 1987 Ed had been everywhere and interviewed everyone of importance in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and understood better than perhaps any journalist the socio-political dynamics, the cultures and character, the treacheries and shifting alliances, and the tactics and strategies of the players in this latest manifestation of the Great Game.

    Nick Mills: Killing the Cranes Nick Mills 2011

  • The sneaky treacheries of sin offer a better analysis of our financial condition than does the economics-departmental fantasy that regards people as rational profit-maximizers all day long.

    Ray Waddle: Faith and Financial America's Moral Compass Ray Waddle 2010

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