'Treachery' definitions:
Definition of 'treachery'
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Definition of 'Treachery'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- Be ware, ye lords, of their treachery. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- In the council chamber at Edinburgh, he had contracted a deep taint of treachery and corruption. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Treachetour
Synonyms of 'treachery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Machiavellianism,
- 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