Treachery
noun
The act of betraying someone or something.
His treachery caused a huge uproar within the kingdom.
Often appears as...
- act of treachery
- high treachery
noun
Violating someone's trust or faith.
Her sudden silence amounted to treachery.
Often appears as...
- smell of treachery
- sense of treachery
noun
The behaviour of a person who betrays their country.
Charged with treachery, he faced trial under the laws of treason.
Often appears as...
- charge of treachery
- traitor's treachery
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noun
The act of betraying someone or something.
His treachery caused a huge uproar within the kingdom.
Often appears as...
- act of treachery
- high treachery
noun
Violating someone's trust or faith.
Her sudden silence amounted to treachery.
Often appears as...
- smell of treachery
- sense of treachery
noun
The behaviour of a person who betrays their country.
Charged with treachery, he faced trial under the laws of treason.
Often appears as...
- charge of treachery
- traitor's treachery
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Treachery often has a strong emotional effect, making people feel shocked and upset.
The king's treachery left the entire court feeling betrayed and bewildered.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Judgment
The word 'treachery' carries a negative moral connotation, suggesting an unethical or immoral action.
Many considered his actions not just a mistake, but treachery of the highest order.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity of Betrayal
'Treachery' is used for serious betrayal, more severe than just letting someone down.
Selling secret information to competitors was seen as treachery, not just disloyalty.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Treachery often has a strong emotional effect, making people feel shocked and upset.
The king's treachery left the entire court feeling betrayed and bewildered.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Judgment
The word 'treachery' carries a negative moral connotation, suggesting an unethical or immoral action.
Many considered his actions not just a mistake, but treachery of the highest order.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity of Betrayal
'Treachery' is used for serious betrayal, more severe than just letting someone down.
Selling secret information to competitors was seen as treachery, not just disloyalty.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Treachery often has a strong emotional effect, making people feel shocked and upset.
The king's treachery left the entire court feeling betrayed and bewildered.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Judgment
The word 'treachery' carries a negative moral connotation, suggesting an unethical or immoral action.
Many considered his actions not just a mistake, but treachery of the highest order.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity of Betrayal
'Treachery' is used for serious betrayal, more severe than just letting someone down.
Selling secret information to competitors was seen as treachery, not just disloyalty.
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their courtship and sex lives, their treachery and murder. So today I'd like to share with you just a couple of tales that we've brought back from our collective adventures into this hidden world.
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their courtship and sex lives, their treachery and murder. So today I'd like to share with you just a couple of tales that we've brought back from our collective adventures into this hidden world.
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Quote examples
Isabella Bird
English Explorer
The Americans will never solve the Indian problem till the Indian is extinct. They have treated them after a fashion which has intensified their treachery and 'devilry' as enemies, and as friends reduces them to a degraded pauperism, devoid of the very first elements of civilization.
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Jandy Nelson
American Writer
I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries.
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Vince Cable
British Politician
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.
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Joseph Heller
American Novelist
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
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Bashar al-Assad
Syrian Statesman
It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
The Americans will never solve the Indian problem till the Indian is extinct. They have treated them after a fashion which has intensified their treachery and 'devilry' as enemies, and as friends reduces them to a degraded pauperism, devoid of the very first elements of civilization.
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Jandy Nelson
American Writer
I do find the sibling connection endlessly fascinating, as I do all family dynamics. I like how siblings seem to create their own parentless mini-civilization within a family, one that has its own laws, myths, language, humor, its own loyalties and treacheries.
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Vince Cable
British Politician
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.
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Joseph Heller
American Novelist
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
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Bashar al-Assad
Syrian Statesman
It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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Pierre Corneille
French Dramatist
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
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