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treachery

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (to cheat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɹɛt͡ʃɹi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

  1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
    • 2002 March 1, Joan Dupont, “MOVIE GUIDE : 8 Femmes”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.
  2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
  3. Treason.
  4. (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.

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