treachery
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Etymology
From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɹɛt͡ʃɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)
- Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
- 2002 March 1, Joan Dupont, “MOVIE GUIDE : 8 Femmes”, in The New York Times:
- Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.
- The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
- Treason.
- (countable) An act or instance of treachery.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 78:
- These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.
Synonyms
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Translations
deliberate disregard for trust or faith
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the act of violating the confidence of another
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treason — see treason
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Further reading
- “treachery”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “treachery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “treachery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “treachery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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