treachery

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

treachery (countable and uncountable, plural treacheries)

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.
The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.
Treason.
(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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deliberate disregard for trust or faith

Azerbaijani: xəyanət (az), vəfasızlıq, xəyanətkarlıq, namərdlik
Bulgarian: измяна (bg) f (izmjana), предателство (bg) n (predatelstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 背信棄義 / 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)
Italian: tradimento (it) m, slealtà (it) f, inganno (it) m
Japanese: 裏切り (ja) (うらぎり, uragiri)
Kapampangan: kasukaban, kesukaban
Latin: perfidia f
Maori: kaikaiwaiūtanga, kaikaiwaiū
Russian: преда́тельство (ru) n (predátelʹstvo), изме́на (ru) f (izména), вероло́мство (ru) n (verolómstvo) (perfidy)
Swedish: svek (sv) n, förräderi (sv) n
Tagalog: kataksilan
Welsh: brad (cy) m, bradau (cy) m pl

the act of violating the confidence of another

Esperanto: perfido
Finnish: petos (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: προδοσία (el) f (prodosía)
Ancient: προδοσία f (prodosía)
Maori: kaikaiwaiū, kaikaiwaiūtanga
Russian: преда́тельство (ru) n (predátelʹstvo), изме́на (ru) f (izména)
Spanish: alevosía (es) f
Welsh: brad (cy) m, bradau (cy) m pl

treason — see treason

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