a tale of treachery and revenge
was furious that she revealed his secret and never forgave her for the treachery
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After weeks of treachery and deception, the final roundtable has been viewed, and the winner or winners for The Traitors Season 3 have been revealed.—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025 Clay’s Dad, Trevor Photo: Netflix It cannot be said enough that the root of so much of this season’s strife between AD and Clay can be traced back to one man’s flagrant disregard for his marital vows, and his inexplicable decision to involve his kids in the treachery.—Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024 His greatest dream, beside destroying Nato from within, is dividing the west and China - as a return favor for the treachery of Nixon’s demarche.—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Witness was his 1952 manifesto on fellow-traveling American liberals and their treachery, which emboldened the Soviet Union.—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for treachery
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Etymology
Middle English trecherie, from Anglo-French, from trecher, tricher to deceive, from Vulgar Latin *triccare — more at trick entry 1
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