treachery

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English trecherie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch trek (“a trick”), from trekken (“to draw, play a trick on”). More at trick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛtʃəɹi/, /ˈtɹɛtʃɹi/

Noun

treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.
2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
3. Treason.

Synonyms

• Punic faith
• treacherousness

Derived terms

• treacher
• treacherous

Related terms

• trick
• trickster
• tricky

Translations

deliberate disregard for trust or faith

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 背信棄義／背信弃义 (zh) (bèixìnqìyì), 背信弃义 (zh) (bèixìnqìyì)

• Finnish: petos (fi)
• French: traîtrise (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Verrat (de) m
• Greek: δολιότητα (el) f (doliótita), κακοπιστία (el) f (kakopistía), επιβουλή (el) f (epivoulí)
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• Italian: tradimento (it) m, tradigione f, inganno (it) m
• Japanese: 裏切り (うらぎり, uragiri)
• Maori: kaikaiwaiūtanga, kaikaiwaiū
• Russian: преда́тельство (ru) n (predátelʹstvo), изме́на (ru) f (izména), вероло́мство (ru) n (verolómstvo) (perfidy)
• Tagalog: kataksilan
• Welsh: brad m, bradau m pl

the act of violating the confidence of another

• Finnish: petos (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: προδοσία (el) f (prodosía)

  Ancient Greek: προδοσία f (prodosía)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kaikaiwaiū, kaikaiwaiūtanga
• Russian: преда́тельство (ru) n (predátelʹstvo), изме́на (ru) f (izména)
• Spanish: alevosía (es) f
• Welsh: brad m, bradau m pl

treason — see treason

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ღალატი (ɣalaṭi)
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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} anbhrath m, ^{(please verify)} oirchill f

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.