treachery
11treachery — [13] Despite the passing resemblance, treachery has no etymological connection with traitor or treason. In fact, its closest English relative is trick. The word was treacle 516 borrowed from Old French trecherie, a derivative of trichier ‘cheat’… …
12treachery — noun 1 (U) behaviour that is not loyal to someone who trusts you, especially when this helps their enemies: the treachery of those who plotted against the king 2 (countable usually plural) a disloyal action against someone who trusts you …
13treachery — noun Myrna never forgave Warren his treachery Syn: betrayal, disloyalty, faithlessness, unfaithfulness, infidelity, breach of trust, duplicity, dirty tricks, deceit, deception, chicanery, stab in the back, backstabbing, double dealing,… …
14treachery — Āpiki, ūpiki, mākaia, kumakaia, kipi, ōpe a, ho ōpe a, pahele. To plot treachery, kālai ino …
15treachery — treacherous ► ADJECTIVE 1) guilty of or involving betrayal. 2) having hidden or unpredictable dangers: treacherous currents. DERIVATIVES treacherously adverb treacherousness noun treachery noun. ORIGIN Old French trecherous, from trechier to… …
16treachery — [13] Despite the passing resemblance, treachery has no etymological connection with traitor or treason. In fact, its closest English relative is trick. The word was borrowed from Old French trecherie, a derivative of trichier ‘cheat’ (source of… …
17Treachery Act 1940 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Treachery Act 1940 parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom long title= statute book chapter=3 4 Geo. VI c. 40 introduced by= territorial extent= royal assent= commencement= repeal date=1967 amendments=… …
18treachery, treason — Both treachery and treason imply a willful, deliberate betrayal of trust or confidence. Treachery could be applied to the act of being disloyal to a friend or to making unkind statements about someone behind his back. Treason, however, applies… …
19Treachery, Faith, and the Great River — ST episode name = Treachery, Faith, and the Great River series = Deep Space Nine ep num = 706 prod num = 556 date = November 4, 1998 writer = David Weddle, Bradley Thompson, based on a story by Philip Kim director = Steve Posey guest = Jeffrey… …
20Treachery of the Blue Books — The Treachery of the Blue Books or Treason of the Blue Books ( cy. Brad y Llyfrau Gleision) was the name given in Wales to the Reports of the commissioners of enquiry into the state of education in Wales published in 1847. The term Brad y Llyfrau …
