treachery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹi/
- /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.
2002 January 3, Joan Dupont, “MOVIE GUIDE : 8 Femmes”, in The New York Times:
- (countable, uncountable) The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
- (countable, uncountable) Treason.
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(countable) An act or instance of treachery.
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.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 78:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| treacheries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
trickster · trick · tricky · trickery
Synonyms
traitory · Judas kiss · betrayal · treachery · treason · breach of promise · prodition · treacherousness · prodition · Punic faith · double-dealing · perfidy · perfidy · stab in the back · swike · perfidiousness · Punic faith · treacherousness · tergiversation · breach of trust
Translations (41)
fi petos (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · cmn 背信棄義 /背信弃义 (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · mi kaikaiwaiū (the act of violating the confidence of another) · grc προδοσία (the act of violating the confidence of another) · sv förräderi (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · pam kasukaban (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · la perfidia (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · it tradimento (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · fi petos (the act of violating the confidence of another) · el κακοπιστία (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · el προδοσία (the act of violating the confidence of another) · ru преда́тельство (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · az xəyanət (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · az vəfasızlıq (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · bg предателство (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · ru изме́на (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · el επιβουλή (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · es alevosía (the act of violating the confidence of another) · de Verrat (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · el δολιότητα (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · it inganno (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · eo perfido (the act of violating the confidence of another) · es aleve (the act of violating the confidence of another) · ru изме́на (the act of violating the confidence of another) · mi kaikaiwaiūtanga (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · bg измяна (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · az namərdlik (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · az xəyanətkarlıq (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · tl kataksilan (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · sv svek (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · ru преда́тельство (the act of violating the confidence of another) · fr traîtrise (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · ru вероло́мство (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · cy brad (the act of violating the confidence of another) · ja 裏切り (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · it slealtà (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · cy bradychiad (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · mi kaikaiwaiūtanga (the act of violating the confidence of another) · pam kesukaban (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · mi kaikaiwaiū (deliberate disregard for trust or faith) · cy brad (deliberate disregard for trust or faith)