Synonyms:
perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery
Meaning: betrayal of a trust
Usage examples
TREACHERY
At no time did we have the least fear of treachery or violence.
And if I had slain them by treason or treachery I had been worthy to have died.
As I looked on him, his countenance expressed the utmost extent of malice and treachery.
For I will go, I only, with none of thy comrades, who have helped thee to plan this treachery."
Either from treachery or cowardice Andronicus Ducas, the officer who commanded the reserve, led his men off without fighting.
His answer was a rough one, for the men seized him and poured forth the tale, heaping reproaches upon him for such treachery and ingratitude.
She realized the result of her treachery, but looked in vain for the object on whom she had hoped to reck the strength of her indignation and her hate. Where was he?
It was but the other day that one of them had been thrown rudely to the ground through the treachery of a lover, but yet none of them feared treachery from this lover.
When the Huntsman had washed his face so that the transformed creatures might know him, he went into the courtyard, and said: 'Now, you shall be paid for your treachery.'