treachery

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Now do I see the thing very plain!--treachery--treachery, my masters!

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  1. noun Willful betrayal of fidelity, confidence, or trust; perfidy.
  2. noun The act or an instance of such betrayal.

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  • "Perhaps the price he has paid for his treachery is worse than imprisonment Perhaps," he said, skepticism thick in his voice. —  Teresa Medeiros - Once An Angel
  • The word treachery was uttered and all agreed to imprison Miranda, a culpable action performed on the morning of July 31. —  Simon Bolivar, the Liberator
  • 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
  • Had it not been for his treachery, there would have been little difficulty in settling the terms of peace, so as to avoid all causes for future war; but, from the time he quarrelled with Congress, he has been the great stirrer-up of disaffection at the South, and the virtual leader of the Southern reactionary party. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
  • It was only what I expected; but I was greatly annoyed at their cowardice and treachery--treachery to their own cause. —  The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
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cruelty ·  cowardice ·  deceit ·  ingratitude ·  treason ·  wickedness ·  hypocrisy ·  fraud ·  oppression ·  malice ·  duplicity ·  intrigue

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treachery:   treacheries
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English trecherie, from Old French, from trichier, to trick, probably from Vulgar Latin *triccāre; see trick.

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  1. from Middle English trecherie, treccherye, tricherie, from Old French tricherie trecherie, French tricherie (=Provencal tricharia =Italian treccheria), treachery, from tricher, trichier, trecher, cheat: see trick, v. Cf. trickery.
 

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