TREACHERY DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
treachery n 1: betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery] 2: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy] treachery - vognuc treachery 12c., from O.Fr. trecherie "deceit, cheating," from trechier "to cheat, deceive" (see trick). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) treachery noun (plural -eries) Etymology: Middle English trecherie, from Anglo-French, from trecher, tricher to deceive, from Vulgar Latin *triccare — more at trick Date: 13th century 1. violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence ; treason 2. an act of perfidy or treason Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary treachery (treacheries) Treachery is behaviour or an action in which someone betrays their country or betrays a person who trusts them. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl English Explanatory Dictionary treachery ˈtretʃərɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 violation of faith or trust; betrayal. 2 an instance of this. English-Old English dictionary treachery Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Treachery \Treach"er*y\, n. [OE. trecher["i]e, trichere, OF. trecherie, tricherie, F. tricherie trickery, from tricher to cheat, to trick, OF. trichier, trechier; probably of Teutonic origin. See Trickery, Trick.] Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; perfidy; treason. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms treachery n. Perfidiousness, perfidy, faithlessness, double-dealing, foul play, infidelity, betrayal, treason, disloyalty, breach of faith, Punic faith, insidiousness, deceitfulness. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 60 Moby Thesaurus words for "treachery": Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, artifice, bad faith, cunning, danger, deceitfulness, desultoriness, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, disloyalty, double cross, double-dealing, doubleness, doubleness of heart, duplicity, faithlessness, falseheartedness, falseness, foul play, hazard, improbity, infirmity, insecurity, insolidity, instability, insubstantiality, low cunning, perfidiousness, perfidy, peril, perilousness, precariousness, risk, riskiness, sellout, shakiness, shiftiness, shiftingness, slipperiness, speculativeness, ticklishness, treacherousness, treason, two-facedness, unauthenticity, unauthoritativeness, undependability, unfaithworthiness, unreliability, unsolidity, unsoundness, unsteadfastness, unsteadiness, unsubstantiality, unsureness, untrustworthiness, wile |
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